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election could have gone worse</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jon Margolis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:29:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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and likes it</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Rob Pudim</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:29:42Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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ban</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16691</link>        <description>The writer tells what's at stake when South Dakota votes
on an abortion ban</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Rebecca Clarren</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:28:54Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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voice</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16069</link>        <description>The writer sees the West moving closer toward a regional
presidential primary or caucuses.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Daniel Kemmis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:28:30Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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democracy is all about</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Gina Knudson</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:28:07Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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can exert too much influence over ballot questions</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jeff Milchen</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:47:29Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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turns into an educational experience for the Green Party
candidate.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Greg Gordon</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:47:24Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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election</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/13606</link>        <description>To many people who care about the West's publicly owned
lands, the Nov. 5 election results fell somewhere between
disastrous and catastrophic.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>John Krist</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:47:09Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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jockeying for a place on the ticket in 2008</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jon Margolis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:47:05Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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primary</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Dan Kemmis</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:46:58Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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private property rights</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Jeff Golden</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:45:05Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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environmental protections, yet sportsmen haven’t noticed
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affect the behavior of both elk in Yellowstone National Park and
Americans in the voting booth</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Pepper Trail</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:44:19Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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issues</title>        <link>http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15129</link>        <description>The writer says Colorado voters focused on issues to pick
a moderate Hispanic Democrat for senator</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Ed Quillen</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Elections</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2010-02-05T09:44:13Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Article</dc:type>    </item>
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will reshape Oregon’s famed planning regulations</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>Rebecca Clarren</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Communities in Transition</dc:subject>        
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