Recommend Timothy Egan's Fever in the Heartland. If you're responsible for sorting your Indiana greatgramps's attic, be prepared for some harrowing surprises. Ditto downstate IL.
the amount of times people have told me I'd be "fired for your beliefs" which is just not true because I am not going out of my way to be mean to people at work and would be way more likely to lose my job because of d…
(US) The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
The final election returns from downstate may not be available until late Wednesday morning.
“Recommend Timothy Egan's Fever in the Heartland. If you're responsible for sorting your Indiana greatgramps's attic, be prepared for some harrowing surprises. Ditto downstate IL.”
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“the amount of times people have told me I'd be "fired for your beliefs" which is just not true because I am not going out of my way to be mean to people at work and would be way more likely to lose my job because of decisions downstate legislators make as far as thought policing.”
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A period during sleep when somebody is not primed and not ready to learn.
The final election returns from downstate may not be available until late Wednesday morning.
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(US) Of the southern section of a state.
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