Word: lande
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...archaic because modern mechanized farming techniques have made it impossible for anyone to earn a living on a 160-acre tract. Moreover, Imperial Valley landowners point out, of the 450,000 Imperial acres under the plow, only 20,000 belong to corporate farms; the rest of the land is farmed by families...
Peanut Farmer Carter, however, is troubled by the proposed breakup of some 5,000 farms in the Western states. He owns 2,000 acres of Georgia soil (the land is not affected by the 1902 law, since it is not irrigated by federal projects). Said Carter: "Seventy-five years ago, 320 acres for a husband and wife for irrigated land was all they could handle. Now, with massive development and large machinery, a larger acreage is necessary for an economically viable farm operation. So the law needs to be changed. But," Carter added, for the present...
...gods, Amon. The identification got a boost during the reign of Tutankhamen, who revived the once-suppressed Theban religious cult. Manning speculates that Tut's linking of the temples of Mut and Amon may have been a move to bring harmony and prosperity to a weakened and disordered land. Says Manning: "He had to restore order to Egypt if he was going to rule effectively, and we know he moved the capital from Akhetaton [which is now called Tel el Amarna] back to Thebes. What we've found here so far suggests that he would have...
...Idomeneo and his gang are squirming under the rule of a choleric god. Stormbound at sea while returning from the Trojan War, Idomeneo has begged Neptune for deliverance. In return, he will sacrifice the first person he encounters on shore. Straining the long arm of coincidence, Idomeneo steps on land-and meets his son Idamante. Such subject matter is a problem for 20th century audiences, but not the only one. Idomeneo is written in the style of opera seria, the stilted, ritualistic 18th century Italian counterpart to opera buffa. Even by the time Mozart came of age opera seria...
Drabble focuses on a much smaller group, all of whose lives have been unpleasantly affected by political realities. Anthony Keating is recuperating from a heart attack. A go-go property speculator during the flush '60s, he has been left teetering near bankruptcy by the collapse of land prices. His friend and financial adviser, Len Wincobank, is serving a four-year prison term for fraud. Kitty Friedmann loses a foot and her husband in a random terrorist bombing. Keating's lover, Alison Murray, has a teen-age daughter jailed for reckless driving in a Balkan Communist state. "England...