Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...seeing tremendous excitement and enthusiasm all over the state," New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said. Chalk it up to high stakes, aggressive organizing, well-known candidates, the lack of an incumbent-not to mention weather so unseasonably fine that a voter might feel almost lucky to be waiting in line outside a voting station...
...communicate differently when you are in the car with someone because both people are aware of and can adjust to conditions that might require more concentration," Strayer says. The passenger may point out an upcoming exit, help navigate, alert you to a sudden stop, or understand when bad weather requires quiet concentration...
...solution to the threat of climate change, and a host of other progressive reforms. In the absence of major differences between the candidates’ policy positions, Obama’s victory might seem to be a fluke—a function of some factor as arbitrary as the weather or the Orange Bowl...
...Iowans will be able to answer their telephones again, free from automated robo-calls and solicitous pollsters. They can watch television and listen to the radio, free from a barrage of political ads. They can switch from dissecting the candidates to grousing about the weather...
...True, only a small percentage of Iowa voters participate in the caucuses. (In 2004, about 122,000 Democrats, out of 573,631, actually took part; President Bush was unchallenged. Some predict a record turnout this year, weather permitting.) But despite reports to the contrary, most people who show up at the caucuses won't be party activists or people with a vested interest but instead everyday folks doing their civic duty. "Most are just friends and neighbors, they're not political animals," says Redlawsk...