Word: midwestern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After an hour dominated by coy postures, it is relieving to see the young innocent Billy (John Ducey) enter the play. The sturdily-built, lumbering Ducey adds a midwestern quality to an otherwise overwhelming British play And for once he and Annie talk about love, the real thing...
...idea naturally has not gone down like mint juleps, especially since Inman-Ebel grew up in the North. In the current hate mail, a genteel adversary writes, "Dear Madam: I note that you are from Ohio. Have you never noticed the Midwestern twang? Like cats meowing...
Dole should poll well in this week's South Dakota primary and Minnesota caucuses if his Midwestern "one of us" theme plays as well as it did in Iowa. But last week Bush halted his efforts in the South Dakota contest, making any Dole victory there somewhat hollow. The caucus format in Minnesota favors the highly motivated, so the Robertson forces may make a strong showing there...
...along political nuggets because they know the Governor has little interest. He reads few books but consumes the details of briefing papers. He is indifferent to movies. When friends last year urged him to watch a couple of highly praised films, Platoon and Hoosiers (they believed exposure to the Midwestern flavor of the latter might serve him well in the Iowa caucuses), no one was surprised that Dukakis returned the videocassettes unviewed. Recently staffers on the road arranged for him to see Moonstruck, a new film starring an actress cousin he likes, Olympia Dukakis, but he decided not to. Dukakis...
...Republican race, Bush read the writing on the wall and made little effort in both Midwestern states, focusing instead on the South...