Word: midwest
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...What happened? Bad weather in the Midwest and Southeast kept shoppers home; rising fuel prices kept their budgets tight. There was that whole presidential election thing. And as George W. Bush has been so studiously pointing out, we're in the middle of an economic slowdown. And shoppers, who account for two-thirds of the U.S. economy, know...
...somewhat misleading. The book seems to explore the difficulty in translating a traditional Indian upbringing to a modern Western life. However, A New World does not substantively explore Indian emigrant Jayojit Chatterjee's struggle to conquer life in his new world, the world of an American academic in the Midwest. Instead, the novel is a celebration of the old world Jayojit has left behind. A New World traces Jayojit's longings for the old world of his parents' home in Calcutta, longings that seem to surprise even Jayojit himself...
...some Springfields are more city-like than others). Meanwhile, "The Simpsons" is not only an American cultural fixture; it is an international phenomenon. It is syndicated in multiple dozens of countries worldwide. It may be no surprise that my roommates and I come from a Boston suburb, the deep Midwest, rural Germany and New York City. Despite our geographic diversity, "The Simpsons" still manages to bring us together on the cramped futon...
...Bulldogs from the Midwest took control of a back and forth game early in the second period as senior center Mark Gunderson settled a loose puck off of Allen and put it in the net for a 4-2 lead that the Bulldogs would not relinquish...
...YORK--When Nathan M. Pusey '28 became president of Harvard in 1953, he was a Republican from the Midwest, who did not own a television...