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...Nebraska. But he toughened his approach to the extent of needling Kennedy repeatedly, accusing him of such failings as not knowing from which side to milk a cow (from the animal's right) and voting against meat-import restrictions. But he got little response from the cattlemen...
...Bellow. James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking and his numerous uptight descendants-the Western marshal, the private eye-are solitary scouts strewing the wilderness with dead Indians and renegades. Still, the singular misfits who tamed the frontier with bile, brawn and bowies were also members of often hostile groups-cattlemen v. sheepherders, for example. Indeed, U.S. history roils with political violence, much of it self-defense by countless groups against what they considered majority injustice...
From the beginning, his bank concentrated on the rural areas in the inte rior, financing coffee growers and cattlemen. Bradesco endeared itself to its distant customers by such services as providing them with needed supplies and taking care of their bills and taxes in the capital. As the interior developed, Bradesco thrived and helped open more territories for cultivation, notably in the north of Parana state, now Brazil's richest coffee-producing area. "The sky is the limit," says Aguiar. "Now we have many more resources. We can do much more...
...Peruvian mining peon, in some wonder, "but I am learning through my ears." Highly conscious of what can be taught through hearing, a group of Peruvian businessmen, political leaders and educators founded and funded ERPA (Escuelas Radiofonicas Populares Americanas) with the aim of making listeners "better farmers, better cattlemen and better Peruvians." Operated as a nonprofit venture, ERPA is sending educational broadcasts to people who live as far as 15,000 ft. up in the Andes, offering organized study of such subjects as farming, health and home management, economics, religion, citizenship, sports and cooking...
...Modern cattlemen herd their cattle by helicopter, brand them with dry ice instead of red-hot irons, talk about "gatherings" instead of roundups, depend on a good accountant more than a wise old foreman and, when they fade into the sunset, do so in pickup trucks with their trusty horses comfortably trailered on behind. About the only things old pokes would still recognize about the industry, indeed, are its size and its troubles. Cattle roam no less than 40% of all the land in the U.S., account for 20% of all farm income and the principal revenues of at least...