Word: ruralism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widely acceptable to denigrate rural Americans? The liberal Perspective, which would never apply derogatory labels to ethnic minorities or gays, thought nothing of calling rural Southerners "naive rednecks." It hasn't been that long since the Harvard Lampoon printed a public apology for being racially insensitive, but it has yet to apologize for a cover that depicted lazy, dirty Appalachians under the caption "Inbred and Brain Dead...
...purpose here is not to demand nomenclatural justice for rural Southerners. You don't have to listen to very many Hank Williams Jr. songs ("You can send me to hell or New York City; it would be about the same to me,") to realize that elitists' contempt for country folks is returned in kind...
...Likely Story (20,000; Miami). Strictly for kids, this store was established by three mothers who were concerned that their children were watching too much TV. Decorated like an old rural library, the cozy shop draws customers with classics like Pat the Bunny, a section for teens and toys for prereaders. Special events have included an appearance by popular kiddie author Jack Prelutsky, who read his poem Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast to an SRO crowd. "I love it here," says shopper Aida Littauer. "I tell them what I want, and they pick out the books...
Abortion rights groups in the past would not have considered settling for anything less than a victory in this case. Many clinics would be forced to close or raise their prices under the restrictions, and the first victims of these changes would be poor and rural women...
...capital-gains cut will undermine tax reform and ultimately boost the deficit, but Washington cannot say no to any kind of giveback. -- There is less than meets the eye to the rash of arms-control proposals. -- In Greenfield, Iowa, a newspaper marks its centennial and a rural community worries about its future...