Word: ruralization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jonathan D. F. Zinman grew up in a rural Michigan. The son of a professor in East Lansing, he learned to associate opportunity with the metropolis, with places like Boston...
...buildings blend form and function in a uniquely American design vernacular. "The family farm is a reflection of one of our last great freedoms in America," says Chester Liebs, director of the University of Vermont's historic preservation program. "The barn is the rural equivalent of the Statue of Liberty. Each time we see a barn, it is a powerful reminder that our agricultural lands are still in the hands of the many." Kerry Dawson, professor of landscape architecture at the University of California at Davis, describes barns as "superb building technology," but adds, "As you look upward, the timbers...
Brown's fall from the top of the charts to a four-man prison cell has been going on for several years. In 1985 the IRS slapped a lien on his 62-acre spread on rural Beech Island, about ten miles outside Augusta, and he was forced to auction it off. His eight-year marriage to Adrienne, his third wife, has been tempestuous. Last April she filed suit against him for assault, then dropped the charge. (Among other things, he allegedly ventilated her $35,000 black mink coat with bullets...
...Brown's first stint in the slammer. Born in a shack in rural South Carolina, Brown grew up dirt poor, shining shoes and dancing for pennies. At 15 he was sentenced to eight years for breaking into cars. He sang in the prison choir (his nickname was "Music Box") and, on his release after three | years, started a band. Brown's pioneering rhythm and blues soon had black audiences up on their feet dancing to funky drums, taut horn riffs and sweat- drenched lyrics that sometimes rose to the level of pungent urban poetry. A 1968 hit gave a slogan...
With advice and prizes, a program encourages farmers to restore and adapt their barns, thus preserving the rural past and a uniquely American vernacular style...