Word: virginian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Senator JAY ROCKEFELLER'S decision last week to bow out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination was welcome news for Bush's campaign gurus. After digging into the patrician West Virginian's past, Bush handlers concluded their "opposition research" had turned up virtually nothing negative. The best the Bushies could do was a 1984 book chiding Rockefeller for zigzagging on a few issues. "He made a mistake by pulling out," says a White House adviser. "And we're glad...
Fayette County is what a West Virginian might call "fair to middlin.'" With an unemployment rate of 10 percent, it ranks 27th out of 55 West Virginia counties, and 24th in earnings per job. Fayette County is neither affluent nor dirt poor. If you peer into the "hollers," you can find wretched poverty. But most of the area is dotted by modest, clean houses and neat yards...
...status as a West Virginian at Harvard made me something of a local hero. McCutcheon pulled me away from my plate at the covered-dish dinner to introduce me to every single member of the church. When a local television crew came by our work site to film the project, McCutcheon made sure that the reporter interviewed "the West Virginia...