Word: ruralism
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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...
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...
...around $400 million, a figure Pinewood doesn't dispute but won't confirm. So another possible benefit could be to recoup costs by selling properties that almost certainly won't go cheaply. Moreover, the land in question - which Pinewood owns - is located within the greenbelt, a swath of rural land that rings London where development is usually prohibited. The addition of homes in a country battling a housing shortage could also bolster its planning application. It won't hurt Pinewood's argument, either, that the expansion will create more than 1,000 permanent jobs...
...seen in a long, long time," Obama declared at his victory celebration in Columbia. "There are young and old; rich and poor. They are black and white; Latino and Asian and Native American. They are Democrats from Des Moines and Independents from Concord, and yes, some Republicans from rural Nevada and we've got young people from all across this country who've never had a reason to participate until...