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Yesterday afternoon, Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Graham has previously indicated that he hopes to obtain the support of so-called “NASCAR Democrats.” Broadly speaking, NASCAR Democrats are rural, conservative voters—presumably fans of stock car racing—who normally back the GOP. Therefore, Graham will likely try to broaden his base with appeals to rural interests and elements of Republican social policy. Two of his campaign strategists, Dave Saunders and Steve Jarding, used similar tactics in helping Democrat Mark Warner...
Banks and other financial-service firms complain that credit unions hold an unfair edge. "We welcome competition, but we can't compete with the bigger credit unions that don't pay taxes," says Harley Bergmeyer, 61, chairman of Saline State Bank in Wilber, Neb., a rural institution with $81 million in assets. Banks have periodically filed lawsuits to prevent credit unions from expanding, to little avail, and have tried to stymie the loosening of federal restrictions on membership rules (also with scant success...
...souls left in Dual Springs, and he's had to temporarily close his pool hall because of a citywide decree to shutter all entertainment venues until May 9. "If I can't reopen then, I'll have to shut the business and leave, too," says the native of rural Henan province. He'll get out any way he can, he says, whether by squeezing onto the overflowing trains or hitching a ride from a sympathetic bus driver...
Let’s Go publicity manager Megan M. Brumagim ’04 said that because researcher-writers travel through both rural and urban areas, the possibility of contracting the disease was significant...
...audience. He does, however, listen to the wind. While shooting his latest film, Shadow Kill, the story of an anguished hangman in 1940s India, Adoor was struck by the thumping sound of nighttime gusts playing on the leaves of a palmyra tree near his set in a rural Kerala village. "It sounded exactly like a heartbeat," he says. It was the rhythm he hadn't been aware he was seeking - a steady drumming, and a reminder of nature's indifference to his characters' troubled passions. "I made the wind a character in my film," Adoor explains. That's perfect casting...