Word: heartlanders
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...media and politics. The targets are human-rights activists, journalists and politicians who dare to stand up against the nationalists. One reason for the nationalist revival is the U.N.'s push toward independence for Kosovo, a province mostly populated by ethnic Albanians, but cherished as a historic heartland by most Serbs. Another is that democracy has failed to bring economic prosperity, so people are growing nostalgic for the bad old days...
...spouse shakes hands with America’s heartland, Bill Clinton will address one of the country's most elite institutions...
Where do you find the best raclette east of Geneva? In Bhutan, naturally. Operated by longtime Swiss resident Fritz Maurer, the Swiss Guesthouse, tel: (975-3) 631 145, overlooks the small town of Jakar in the Bumthang valley, Bhutan's cultural heartland. With its grazing cows, mountain scenery and orchards, the property looks beautifully reminiscent of Heidi, and generous plates of the house special, raclette, assist the illusion. But how does the traditional Swiss favorite of melted cheese, gherkins and potatoes manage to taste so good here...
...times the nation's GDP, the worst ratio in the industrialized world. A widening gap between rich and poor is threatening to shatter Japan's view of itself as a predominantly middle-class country. The boom in the big cities has yet to be felt in the nation's heartland. China's rise is challenging Japan's economic predominance, with China already spending more than its rival on defense and R&D, for example. And Japan's population is graying fast, leaving working-age Japanese to wonder how they'll support a growing number of elderly-and just who will...
...This Land Is Whose Land? Your article "In the land of the lonely" [Feb. 5] reported that the nearly 300,000 Jews who live in the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) have responded to hundreds of murders, maimings and kidnappings by throwing stones and name calling. While your article designated the area as "Arab territory," it must be remembered that the Arab world perceives all the land of Israel as theirs, with no room for Jews. When Israel retreated from Gaza, the Arabs there established a well-armed terrorist infrastructure that has been raining missiles down...