Word: ruralism
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...proposal to relocate troops from the Dhahran complex where the bomb killed 19 American servicemen. U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary William Perry, have noted the difficulty of providing security for forces in an urban environment such as Dhahran, and would like to relocate many troops to a rural facility already being used by U.S. forces. Sultan said such a move would be unnecessary since 'security has been achieved." The American Embassy is not so certain, and is warning U.S. citizens of recent telephone threats against American individuals and companies. Fischer notes that the Saudi reluctance to comply with U.S. requests...
Once again the myth of William Henry Harrison as "the embodiment of homey rural virtues, the candidate of the log cabin" has surfaced, this time in Jeff Greenfield's piece "I'm Just That Simple" [ESSAY, June 10]. Greenfield does not seem to know that Harrison, my great-great-great-great-granduncle, was a patrician, born into the landed aristocracy of the James River. His father Benjamin was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the master of Berkeley Plantation. The plantation house in which Harrison was born stands today, open to the public. It bears little resemblance...
...Atlanta's status as a suburban, almost rural city means that it does not have as many cultural amenities as one might expect, it makes up for that with natural resources. Indeed, the Interstate City is an eminently comfortable place in which to live, and houses on pleasant, leafy streets can be found, at relatively low prices, within a 10-minute drive of downtown. Hills, lakes and mountains are only 25 minutes away, and, at a phone booth, a flyer advertising for a roommate states matter-of-factly, WANTED: MALE TO SHARE RUSTIC 75-ACRE FARM W/STABLE AND LAKES...
...enduring? Before we had a Constitution, Thomas Jefferson was arguing that the new nation's future would depend on a base of agrarian yeomen free from the vices inherent in big cities. One of the classic, image-driven presidential campaigns featured William Henry Harrison as the embodiment of homey rural virtues, the candidate of the log cabin and hard cider, defeating the incumbent Martin Van Buren, who was accused of dandified dress and manners. One of Van Buren's more vocal detractors was Davy Crockett, who went from frontiersman to the U.S. Congress without ever trading in his coonskin...
...rescue children, whole families must be rescued along with them--hence the transformation of the neighborhood school into a "caring community." It may sound like a platitude, but it is in fact a revolution, one that is spreading through the country, from inner-city ghettos to prosperous suburbs and rural enclaves, as fast...