Word: ruralism
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...quite like that in Hamilton, where the bleakness of the scenery--that bond which ties it to the other three rural hockey hotbeds of the Empire State--is matched only by the Red Raider fans' indifference. You have to generate your own energy to win at Colgate: the home crowd's eternal ennui won't help you along...
That attitude has helped change the way the country is run. Aristide has fired the notorious chefs de section, the rural military strongmen who ruled vast areas of rural Haiti like medieval fiefdoms, terrorizing villagers with their raw power. Some hang on, but this is a first step toward whittling them down. Another important step was taken last week when the Senate fine-tuned a new law designed to establish a 4,000-man police force removed from army control. But Aristide has yet to reform the judiciary fully or settle on a mechanism for dealing with those responsible...
...world of Port-au-Prince, which belongs to conventional soldiers who patrol the streets, keep the peace and bide their time until they are scheduled to return home. The second world belongs to the 1,200 men of the Special Forces who, since the occupation began, have overseen rural Haiti. Taking on the roles of sheriff, prosecutor, judge, plumber, mayor and ghostbuster, these commandos are often the only glue holding together the 5 million Haitians who live outside the capital...
...lifelong pacifist, David Dellinger survives on grant money and lecturing fees, and lives in a house off a dirt road in rural Vermont...
...even more interesting enterprise is 35 miles southwest of Chicago. The SOS Children's Village in rural Lockport contradicts standard protocol in any number of ways. For one, SOS accepts, or rather seeks, sibling groups, which are difficult to place in foster care. It looks for children 10 and younger -- an age at which most states believe children should still be trying to fit into foster homes. And it does so with the goal of long-term residency that replicates -- and replaces -- family life. "We are a source of frustration for the Department of Children and Family Services," says Village...