Word: ruralism
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...Grand Cherokee wends its lazy way along the gently curving road, cruising at 25 m.p.h. through rural Michigan's autumnal landscape of gold-and-orange-dappled trees. I'm reclining in the rear of the car with Jeff Zyburt, a Chrysler project manager. As we chat, the Jeep changes lanes from smooth asphalt to rough cobblestone, which sets us passengers bouncing around in the back seat...
...years ago, the Maynard family of rural Union County, South Dakota, received a Christmas card that read, "A 1995 New Year's wish for you and your family: death and destruction." Since 1992, the family had been getting hate mail from their neighbors. At one point, the family's youngest son, Casey Maynard, then 5, was told by a preschool playmate that the Maynards' house was going to be burned down. "Mommy, why do they hate my brother?" he asked his mother...
GLENN POSHARD (D) District 19 (Rural--southern counties; Decatur...
...Republicans vigorously pursued this open seat--a diverse district of densely populated suburbs, growing middle-class neighborhoods and rural farming communities--and are anxious to keep it. A conservative who opposes abortion rights and favors anticrime measures such as requiring criminals to pay restitution to their victims, Weller has also learned the art of constituent services. While seeking funds for a third Chicago airport on the southern edge of the district, he secured a $1 million renovation grant for Lansing's reliever airport...
STEVE BUYER (R) District 5 (Northern rural--Kokomo...