Word: ruralism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Columbia. Atwater saunters into Governor Carroll Campbell's office for a strategy session about Bush's media campaign. The Governor is Bush's Southern campaign chairman. Campbell: "Now don't forget those small rural stations with UHF and the small cable stations. And put in five minutes of the Campbell endorsement and the Bush spot on those Christian stations...
...wrong with forward tongue carry?" says John Tinkler, who teaches history of the English language at the University of Tennessee. "It doesn't sound like Indy-goddam-ana." Tinkler is a vast, round man with silver hair, dark skin and flashing, protuberant eyes. He describes his accent as "educated rural Southern," the language college graduates in his family have spoken for generations. He wishes Inman-Ebel would attack the stereotypes and the attitudes, instead of the accent. "She's teaching people how not to talk like folks," he says. "That offends...
Costa Rica, by contrast, seems an unlikely target for the Medellin cartel. The country has no army, is not dominated by greedy generals or politicians, and is proud of a democratic tradition. Yet Costa Rica's ports and its more than 200 rural airstrips have become key transit points for cocaine cargos. In recent years the Costa Rican business community has noticed that shipments of perishable products receive a less rigorous Customs inspection than nonperishable goods upon entering the U.S. Thus they are often used to conceal drugs...
...Lawrence over Princeton, two games: Pete Lappin announces he is running for president. Gets the rural New York vote. Scores six goals. Gets Cuomo's endorsement. Goes on to win Democratic nomination. Says forget it, hockey is his true calling...
Though it is essential for the U.S. to cultivate domestic energy sources and know-how, current spending is excessive. The research-and-developme nt budgets for nuclear fission and fossil fuels could be cut by two-thirds. In addition, the U.S. should reduce funding for rural electrification and remove subsidies on the sale of federally generated power...