Word: virginia
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...country is enough to drive motorists to distraction. For example, if you're driving by the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., you're required by law to use a hands-free device while talking on your cell phone. A minute later, as you cross the Memorial Bridge into Virginia, you're free to put the phone back up to your ear. In New York, an officer can pull you over simply for talking on a handheld cell phone. But in Washington State, you can't be cited solely for a cell phone violation; there has to be another traffic offense...
...love my country, right or wrong." This leads to the delusion that our way of life is the right way for all the world. I love my country too - and I am not ashamed to acknowledge all its mistakes as well as all its accomplishments. Mark Fagerburg, Richmond, Virginia...
...President would represent than with what this individual would or could accomplish as President. Rather than finding this inspiring, I feel it smacks of narcissism and naiveté. For America's sake, I hope the voters - and the press - will evaluate the candidates on their qualifications. Carrie Wolfe, Sterling, Virginia...
...Webb, Virginia Senator, telling McCain's campaign to "calm down...
...recite the Pledge of Allegiance. And third, his choice of venues was telling: semirural, mostly white areas where many voters have been skeptical of his candidacy. "Obama will never win rural America in the fall, but this is about margins," says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "Rural voters like to judge candidates up close and personal. The more they see of Obama, the less strange and foreign he will become. The acceptability quotient can shave a few percent off McCain's rural majorities, enabling rural people upset about the economy or Iraq...