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Midwest

ˌmɪdˈwɛst
WordNet
  1. (n) Midwest
    the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
Usage in the news

HANOVER – William Joseph "Joe" Geiger , 86, of Hanover, died Monday, Oct 22, 2012, at Midwest Medical Center in Galena. saukvalley.com

People from the Carolinas to the Midwest to New England, including Maryland, knew the Aug 23, 2011, 5.8 magnitude earthquake was rare as soon as they felt its rumblings. baltimoresun.com

For the folks in the Midwest it is damn near apocalyptic. 963theblaze.com

More than 400 portable pumps helping to relieve floodwaters in the Midwest. qpmag.com

Godwin Pumps has more than 400 of its portable diesel-driven and electric submersible pumps working to relieve floodwaters inundating the Midwest. qpmag.com

This year, the first ever Grand River Rally in Urich attracted bikers not just from the metro but from all around the Midwest. pitch.com

Fire destroyed a number of homes in this neighborhood in Midwest City, OK, Friday, April 10, 2009. newsok.com

Scouts on Day 2 of the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour trekked from Fishers, IN, to Bloomington, IL. agweb.com

Will play Midwest in road game this Friday at 7 pm. pcrecordtimes.com

Investors in Midwest Energy Partners await gusher . ibj.com

Wind gust of 62 mph at 10:08 pm, Midwest City, a report from public to National Weather Service. blog.newsok.com

Center City church performance part of Midwest Tour. forestlaketimes.com

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is denouncing what he calls the " gutter politics" of his opponents as he turns his campaign focus from Florida to the Midwest. ktrs.com

Growing up in the Midwest, cookies played a major part of my December. csmonitor.com

He comes to the MidWest after three years of anchoring and reporting at the CBS affiliate in Reno, NV. todaystmj4.com

Usage in scientific papers

The 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference included a panel discussion devoted to open problems and the general direction of future research in f ields related to the main themes of the conference.
Future Directions of Research in Geometry: A Summary of the Panel Discussion at the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference

Most of the panel discussion related to the main theme of the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference, namely the work of Thomas P.
Future Directions of Research in Geometry: A Summary of the Panel Discussion at the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference

This paper is a contribution to the Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference in honor of Thomas P.
Future Directions of Research in Geometry: A Summary of the Panel Discussion at the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference

Editor’s note: As we noted above, Jim Branson posed the question “What does all of this have to do with physics?” In the weeks following the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference, Stanley Deser, of Brandeis University, has provided us with a short essay which comments on ways in which Tom Branson’s work relates to physics.
Future Directions of Research in Geometry: A Summary of the Panel Discussion at the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference

This paper is based in part on notes the editor took during the panel discussion at the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference.
Future Directions of Research in Geometry: A Summary of the Panel Discussion at the 2007 Midwest Geometry Conference

Usage in literature

There are, in a small Midwest town like Wetona, just two kinds of girls. "One Basket" by Edna Ferber

They have a well-known nut that has been taking premiums in our midwest. "Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting" by Northern Nut Growers Association

Over the Midwest the homestead idea was spreading rapidly to farm and hamlet and city. "Land of the Burnt Thigh" by Edith Eudora Kohl

He said one of the fellows had once played on one of the Midwest Leagues. "The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch" by Edward Stratemeyer

Drought in the Midwest. "Summer Snow Storm" by Adam Chase

Slaughterhouses in Chicago stopped and cattle starved to death in their pens, because farmers in the Midwest couldn't cut hay or harvest grain. "Watchbird" by Robert Sheckley

Since she desired college training, it was certainly easier and simpler for her to have it at Midwest than elsewhere. "The Preliminaries" by Cornelia A. P. Comer

American, sure, but no way could she have been corn-fed Midwest like her surname. "The Samurai Strategy" by Thomas Hoover

And I couldn't reach his Valkyrie of the Midwest, either. "Makers" by Cory Doctorow

Located in selected States, primarily in the East and Midwest, the program accepts out-of-town clients. "What Works: Schools Without Drugs" by United States Department of Education