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Almost everyone who creates a fictional world as rich as Lucas' identifies with one or more of his characters. In Star Wars there was a lot of Lucas in Luke, the wide-eyed farmboy who was always yearning for bigger things. In The Empire Yoda is his alter ego. Yoda's speeches might almost be called The Wit and Wisdom of George Lucas. Like Yoda, Lucas is a devout believer in the Force. Says Lucas: "When you are born, you have an energy field around you. You could call it an aura. An archaic description would...
Carter is not merely a farmer, but an engineer and businessman of accomplishment. This combined with his strong sense of community reminds me most most of Herbert Hoover−our last farmboy cum millionaire businessman-engineer-president. In such a broader (and truer) perspective, Jimmy Carter may be the ultimate American regional synthesizer...
Business has not gone well this year for Angus Mack Gaither '78, the full-scholarship farmboy from Thompsonville. Ill. who came to Harvard and became director of the Harvard Delivery Service...
...they are, then Jimmy Carter, in his projected image as rock-music fan and friend of youth, civil rights advocate and friend of blacks, down-home farmboy and friend of city folks, deep-dyed populist and friend of everybody but big business, may be closer to the New South Zeitgeist than his less reconciliatory Democratic opponent George Wallace. Certainly, a strong showing by Carter in the states Wallace has dominated for a decade would seriously undercut the Alabama governor's paraplegic presidential bid. And obviously, a strong regional showing is a must for Carter, who must prove that...
Redhead (n)--A combination of the terms 'redneck' and 'head'. A country or farmboy who smokes dope, maybe grows it, and is more than likely from the southeastern part of the United States...