Word: rural
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...well-captured docudrama, and Jhuma's acquiescence makes sense in a novella that chronicles life in an isolated 1950s Nepalese village. Dhané's misfortune, though heartbreaking, is also true to life. Readers may pity him as he and his family are run out of town, and yet, as rural tragedies go, theirs is distressingly mundane - and timeless...
...capital Beijing in the north was disabled when heavy snow and ice in Hunan province knocked out power lines, leaving at least 136 trains idled, according to Xinhua, China's official news agency. In neighboring Hubei province, some 100,000 people were without drinking water for several days. In rural Guizhou province, an electrical tower collapsed under the weight of the snow, cutting off power for 41 cities and counties. The supply of coal to dozens of regional power plants was disrupted, resulting in electricity outages throughout the country...
...With a centuries-old dynasty virtually eliminated overnight, in stepped the reigning King's brother, Gyanendra. As the Maoist insurgency raged, Gyanendra declared a state of emergency in 2005, arresting mainstream political leaders and assuming absolute power. But he could not quash the Maoists, whose influence grew apace in rural areas around the country. Rumors swirled depicting Gyanendra as a man given to superstition and mysticism, who would sooner look to the stars or a coterie of tantric priests for counsel than his political advisers. "He wanted control, he wanted to be a heroic savior," says a source close...
...What began as a tactic to capture rural caucuses snowballed into a systematic strategy. Obama put his money where his mouth was, spending precious radio and television dollars on ads aimed specifically at Iowa students. A student-to-student phone bank dialed tens of thousands of dorm rooms and cell phones. By Election Day, "we had our entire field operation working to turn them out," says Riemer...
Morris: A baptismal certificate from your church in rural Nebraska, a copy of a birth certificate issued by a hospital in California, a student ID card issued by a local college...