Word: virginia
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...West Virginia 6, M. Tennis...
Bulletins from the battlegrounds where race and politics collide more often resemble the one from Chicago than the one coming from Virginia. As the racially divided voting in the Windy City demonstrated, American elections all too often remain a matter of black and white. Virginia, once a bastion of segregation, seems an unlikely setting for a brand of biracial coalition that could break the depressing pattern of color-bound voting. Yet if Doug Wilder wins the governorship, the old bugaboo of racial politics will have been dealt a severe blow...
While oil is the hottest issue, the Prince William spill could also help the environmental cause in a dispute that has nothing to do with crude: the battle over Alaska's Tongass National Forest, a woodland bigger than West Virginia, located in the southeastern panhandle. Unlike parks, national forests are available for lumbering. But conservationists have protested that the Tongass, one of the few remaining temperate rain forests, should be largely protected from logging, especially considering that the industry is heavily subsidized by the U.S. Forest Service. Says Larry Edwards, founder of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Society: "We have...
...addition, junior Roger Berry beat the Mountaineers' Brad Kelly at fourth singles. Kelly and West Virginia's sixth singles player have since left the team to join the professional circuit, leaving the team "noticeably weaker." Berry, who has done nothing but improve over the season, is now playing in the number-two spot for the Crimson...
...fortunate if we won [against West Virginia] in singles, but I think it's going to come down to doubles," Berry said. "I think our doubles [teams] can win it for us this weekend...