Word: bumpkins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have been soldiering with this lost patrol since we were kids: the gruff but caring sergeant, preternaturally wise in the ways of the enemy and the equally hostile terrain; the street wisecracking kid; the slow-drawling bumpkin; a man called Hammer and another called Pretty Boy. And, of course, a lieutenant who is both green and ambitious and therefore more dangerous to friend than foe. Such characters have been AWOL from most movies about Viet Nam, and 84 Charlie MoPic would have curiosity value if it only brought them back and restored them to their chief role: demonstrating the masculine...
...Maulvi Younus Khalis, 70, the only political leader who also regularly serves as a military field commander, leads an independent faction of the Islamic Party. A former village mullah dismissed as something of a bumpkin by his rivals, Khalis sports a henna-dyed beard and in 1987 took a 16-year-old bride. He vehemently opposes elections; in his view, the only constitution needed for post-Soviet Afghanistan is the Koran...
...steaming hot dogs at his stand, goes to great lengths to emphasize the legitimacy of his product, seldom found outside the Windy City. The two partners have toured the Vienna hot dog plant, sampled the wares of innumerable Chicago hot dog "restaurants" with names such as "Poochies," "Fatso's," "Bumpkin's" or "Herm's," and even worked a street stand to learn how the culinary creations are made...
...Goldman, a pop-culture maven and former professor of English at Columbia University, had no sympathy for Presley or for the gospel, country and rockabilly traditions that fused in his music. Much of Elvis crouches at the level of a self-conscious hipster poking fun at a greaseball bumpkin...
Despite its down-home strategy, Jones is no bumpkin in the new world of high-tech stock trading. The company has spent more than $30 million to become computerized, and plans to lay out an additional $100 million for advanced equipment, including satellite links between headquarters and the branch offices, over the next four years. Jones has expanded cautiously into the suburbs of Chicago and Kansas City, but the firm still primarily looks for homes where the buffalo could roam. Says Jones Managing Partner John Bachmann: "We're not going to fiddle with the formula that has proved successful...