Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Three months after Harvard's fantastic 4-3 overtime victory for the NCAA college hockey championship, I still had not found one University of Minnesota fan to abuse...
Despite such obstacles, many education advocates think the future of reform is bright. They point to innovations such as New Jersey's alternative teacher certification, which has opened up the field to mid-career professionals, and Minnesota's choice system, which this fall will phase in a program that allows students to attend any school in the state...
...rich farming areas of western Minnesota, still suffering the effects of last year's drought, now have a plague to contend with: millions of crop- destroying grasshoppers are creating conditions reminiscent of the Dust Bowl 1930s...
...overwhelming numbers. Since spring the hungry hordes have infested thousands of acres in 36 counties, chewing up wheat, corn, sugar beets and soybeans. Normally, fewer than ten locusts occupy the average square yard of land; crop damage begins when the number rises to about 30. This summer some Minnesota fields are aswarm with as many as 1,200 hoppers per sq. yd. Fields in the worst areas look as if they had been struck by hailstones...
...holding up the confirmations of several Bush nominees. Republicans argue that the Democratic objections are hypocritical. "Every four years the out party says the ambassadors aren't qualified," comments a Bush foreign policy aide. During confirmation hearings last week on the nomination of Joseph Gildenhorn as Ambassador to Switzerland, Minnesota Republican Rudy Boschwitz huffed that being rich enough to make hefty political contributions should not disqualify a candidate but should be regarded as "a sign of considerable achievement." By that standard, Gildenhorn is well suited for an embassy job. Though the American Academy of Diplomacy, a group of former diplomats...