Word: northern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cotton himself was born 51 years ago in Colon, at the northern end of the 51-mile-long canal. "Born and raised here, right alongside the canal, and so were my kids," he says. "It is tough to say goodbye when you are fourth generation...
...battle was joined on the most fundamental conflict between the sovereign states. There were plenty of other differences -- between Northern and Southern states, commercial and agricultural states, coastal and inland states, slave and nonslave states -- but the basic issue was the comparative voting strengths of large states and small. Most of the big states demanded a powerful national government; the small ones feared coercion and insisted on states' rights. And neither side put much trust in the other...
Compared with most Northern cities, as Smith concedes, Topeka has made huge strides toward integration of its schools since she was forced to walk five blocks to a pickup point, from which she was bused to all-black Monroe Elementary School, although all-white Sumner School was located just two blocks from her home. And unlike cities in the Deep South, where whites began a generation of resistance to desegregation, Topeka did not even wait for the court to rule before taking steps to amalgamate its black and white elementary schools...
...however, most American firms have sold their holdings to local, white-controlled firms. Buyers include giant conglomerates like the Premier Group, which purchased Dow Chemical's subsidiary, and smaller firms like Northern Engineering, which acquired Eaton's operations. Other U.S. divisions have been sold to the white South Africans who managed the subsidiary or to foreign firms. Only a few companies, including Eastman Kodak, have completely shut down their operations...
...spectacle of wasted crops spread jitters across the rest of the Farmbelt, especially in northern states that depend on migrants from the Southwest. In the Fruit Ridge region of Michigan, growers are scrambling to find cherry pickers, but the real worry is about the peach crop in July and apple harvest in August through October. Other worker shortages could reach from the tobacco fields of the Carolinas to the poultry farms of Texas...