Word: localitis
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...traveled the river, we met local residents who make their living on and around the Mighty Mississippi, including dockmasters, fishermen and environmentalists. Friday night, as our boat approached its last stop of the day in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, a team of talented water skiers formed a pyramid to guide us into shore. Thousands of cheering local residents - enough to fill three towns from the area - watched, and listened, and stayed late into the night to share their hopes and dreams for the future with...
...rode - some in person as we passed through locks and dams along the way, others from afar with a wave or a yell towards shore. A group of high school students camping on the shore of the river stoked their campfire and yelled in support as we drifted past. Local residents hung banners from bridge spans and boat launches situated along our route...
...brief hiatus from the water on our third day of travel as Tipper and I, again joined by Joe and Hadassah Lieberman, boarded campaign buses and traversed the Hawkeye State. We stopped at local firehouses, diners, and parks, where I had the pleasure of introducing my running mate and his wife to some old friends from our caucus days...
...today. As I write this, the final stop on the tour is still to come, but our journey down the Mississippi has already been a great learning experience for us all. TIME magazine was right - a trip down the Ole Miss allows you "to hear, from a very local perspective, some of the great issues we face as a nation." I saw first hand how working families need a champion to stand up and fight for them. I heard from folks whose voices have been muted by the powerful special interests. And I learned that if we work together...
Your story said groups that promote moderation in drinking have a "long history of failure" and included Rational Recovery among them. At no time when I was running the local Rational Recovery group was drinking in moderation recommended or endorsed. People who can drink moderately don't need a group to do so. Rational Recovery is a nonreligious program designed to help people stop drinking, drugging or engaging in other self-defeating behavior. MARCIA J. FREEDMAN Rational Recovery Marin San Rafael, Calif...