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Word: farmboys (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Is It True What They Say? | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Why You Didn't Get Your Times | 2/21/1976 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: Blue Skies Over Georgia | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: CANNABIS ROAD: The Freakoid Cracker | 2/1/1974 | See Source »

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