| SNP accused over £80m hotel plan
But Labour's Andy Kerr claimed the Government's handling of the issue was "inappropriate". First Minister Alex Salmond has admitted he contacted the Government's chief planner last month after an application for the Aviemore Highland Resort was delayed. .
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She set out as she had done every Sunday afternoon for years. She locked her door, turned to the weather, and held the hand rail as she stepped carefully down from the porch. Once on the ground she adjusted her hat on her gray head. As this was a winter day in the Christmas season, a cold day, she also adjusted her coat. Had it been raining, she would have pulled a large lawn and leaf bag, as if it were a poncho, over her head and upper body. Most times she shouldered her hand bag. This day she also shouldered a bulging plastic shopping bag. She walked along the dirt road that would lead her to the paved road that would lead her to the highway. Her only company was her shadow, small and indistinct at her feet. She walked without the deliberate care of someone unfamiliar with the terrain, but neither was her gait quick.
One Last Thing: After four contests, races are less muddled
In each of those contests, women made up a big majority of the total Democratic vote (57 percent in Iowa and New Hampshire; 59 percent in Nevada), and Clinton has been building a bigger and bigger margin over Obama with them. In another important demographic, voters with annual income under $50,000, Clinton was close behind Obama in Iowa. Then she beat him among those voters by 13 and 12 points, respectively, in New Hampshire and Nevada. Clinton was tied with Obama in union households in Iowa; she won them decisively in New Hampshire and Nevada. Clinton won crushing majorities among Catholics in those states, too. Put this all together and you have the makings of a traditional Democratic coalition, minus African Americans. As the race has progressed, Clinton has built on her support in each coalition group, and found new support in another key group, Hispanics (which she carried by more than a 2-1 ratio in Nevada).
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