Word: vermonter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...indisputably bad show in Vermont this summer had New England Deadheads asking, "Do they still have it?" After Tuesday's show at the Garden, the answer was an unequivocal...
Dartmouth leads the league with an undefeated record. It is 2-0 overall and 1-0 in league play, with impressive wins over a tough Vermont squad (1-0) and Penn...
...News, a bimonthly publication. He believes spending will again be pushed up by "two elephants": Medicaid spending, which will rise once the economy slows, and the severe pressure of rising prison populations. So states, he thinks, will have to either cut other services or raise taxes again, or both. Vermont Governor Howard Dean, chairman of the National Governors Association, thinks momentarily flush states should put money into contingency funds to cushion the effects of the inevitable next slowdown. "But the legislators can't keep their hands off," he laments. His legislature, against liberal resistance, brought taxes back down...
...Bentonville, Arkansas, to think small. In a deal that reflected the determination of Wal- Mart to conquer all 50 states, the firm last week agreed to build a sharply scaled-back outlet near the downtown area of St. Johnsbury (pop. 8,000) as the price of admission to Vermont. Not that it will be a mere boutique. At 75,000 sq. ft., the store will dominate the town's landscape, yet it will still be modest by comparison with the discount palaces of 120,000 sq. ft. that Wal- Mart has built in other states. The concession could accelerate...
...Vermont the compromise reflects the recognition that Wal-Mart will bring jobs to depressed parts of the state. Even nervous merchants agreed that the company could generate fresh business for everyone by attracting customers to downtown areas. Governor Howard Dean himself journeyed to Arkansas last October to make the case for building near Main Street and attracting shoppers there. "If you want to come into Vermont, our growth areas are downtown," says Steve Bradish, a leader of the statewide group Vermonters Against the Wal. "They are not suburban sites and cornfields...