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From the campaign trail: Florida: Boots on the ground
www.economist.com - An inside look at America's triumphant political machineNOW that Barack Obama’s victory is safely in the books, it’s worth asking how he did it. I covered his rally in Jacksonville the day before the view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 11/6/2008- Grind It 0
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From the campaign trail: Chicago: Yes, they did
www.economist.com - Celebrating Barack Obama's victory“HE’S HYPE,” says a smiling Greg Beckford, giddily explaining why he has come to Grant Park in Chicago to hear Barack Obama speak on election night. His girlfriend, view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 11/5/2008- Grind It 0
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NASCAR: Keeping it real
www.economist.com - Where elections and racetracks meetYOUR correspondent is an American, and spent a day with a friend on US Route 301 playing a distinctly American game: who’s more real? The McCain campaign’s attempt view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 11/3/2008- Grind It 0
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From the campaign trail: Nebraska: A moment in the sun
www.economist.com - Barack Obama tries to pick off a red-state voteIT IS a bright afternoon in Omaha, with yellow trees set against an azure sky and a strong wind upsetting leaf piles like a rowdy child. I’m tagging along view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 10/31/2008- Grind It 0
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From the campaign trail: Iowa: Cockeyed optimism
www.economist.com - John McCain finally glad-hands Iowans, but it is probably too lateThe Davenport Central High School cheerleaders gathered on October 11th to do what they do best. “We say John, you say McCain! John!”, view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 10/30/2008- Grind It 0
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From the campaign trail: Florida: Fear, loathing and hope
www.economist.com - Passionate rallies in Miami and MelbourneREBECCA Hudson has made up her mind about Barack Obama. “He doesn’t love our country”, she insists, standing in the performing arts centre in Melbourne, Florida view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 10/28/2008- Grind It 0
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A science conference in Istanbul: The high priests of computer nerditry
www.economist.com - An odd crowd congregates in a stunning cityIt is October in Istanbul, late enough in the year for the eyeball-melting heat of summer to have passed, yet not too late to be caught out by winter. The view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 10/28/2008- Grind It 0
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Shanghai: Outside the neon glow
www.economist.com - Piracy and North Korean dining in China's financial capitalVISITORS to Shanghai are typically familiar with the rough majesty of neon-lit Nanjing Road, the colonial-era Bund with its spectacular river view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 10/21/2008- Grind It 0
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From the campaign trail: Georgia: Saving souls and starting fights
www.economist.com - Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin square off for a Senate seatWHEN I saw the small striped tent advertising a “free story” and a “free gift,” I suspected that the story would be about Jesus and the gift, view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 10/20/2008- Grind It 0
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Saskatchewan diary: Mine, field
www.economist.com - Riches above and below western CanadaThursday | Friday ... view details...
Found on: www.economist.com 10/16/2008- Grind It 0
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Pubs in Britain: Still the Moon Under Water
www.economist.com - An exploration of the national pastimeEVERY nation needs a national myth, and Britain might seem to need more than most. A modern myth has it as a country full of overworked wage-slaves. Newspapers view details...
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