Word: ruralism
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...government has "neutralized a suspected terrorist cell." It remains to be seen whether that is true or whether local vigilance has gone overboard. Just a few weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks last year, a deputy sheriff in Skamania County, Wash., responded to a complaint about gunshots at a rural gravel pit. Six men in Muslim caps were testing out an arsenal of weaponry, including an assault rifle and semiautomatic pistols. The deputy took their names. A month later, when one was arrested for carrying illegal weapons, the officer recognized him and called the fbi. Four of the others would...
...like the head of the ticket. The Dems, in 1996, asked her to vie for Congress against Jim Leach; she figured he couldn't lose. But with redistricting last year, Leach moved west, leaving Nussle the man to beat in the First District. "He lost much of his rural base; 42% of the district's population is new for him," says Hutchinson. "And he's never won any of his races with more than 56% of the vote. This was the year...
However, the guests at these parties—especially at Harvard—are likely to be the relatively privileged who might have glimpsed the rural poor on their last community service outing, but for whom perpetuating those classist caricatures seems to pose little of a problem...
...rifle. Then Hur asked why blood around the wound on the right side of his son's chest was black and coagulated, while blood around the other two bullet holes was still red, as if the wounds were fresher. Two different blood types, the forensic expert told the rural farmer in a dismissive tone. "Do you take me for a fool?" Hur exploded...
WELLS According to a defector, Iraq built an extensive network of wells in rural areas, virtually undetectable by satellite, which are used to hide radioactive material and other compounds...