Word: ruralization
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...MURDERED. DENIS DONALDSON, 56, former official with Northern Ireland's Sinn Fein party and British intelligence informant; found dead at his remote rural cottage; in County Donegal, Ireland. In 2002 Northern Ireland's power-sharing government collapsed after Donaldson and two other men were arrested and accused of running an I.R.A. spy ring in British government offices in Belfast. The case against them collapsed late last year, but Donaldson subsequently admitted to being a paid British agent for two decades and was expelled from Sinn Fein. The I.R.A. has denied any involvement in the slaying...
...whole field of education: an increasing number of researchers are saying that nearly 1 out of 3 public high school students won't graduate, not just in Shelbyville but around the nation. For Latinos and African Americans, the rate approaches an alarming 50%. Virtually no community, small or large, rural or urban, has escaped the problem...
...Despite a few oddities--it's home to both the oldest living Hoosier and the world's tallest woman--it is an otherwise pleasantly unremarkable town. The capital is just a short drive away, but miles of rust-colored farmland, mainly cornfields waiting for seed, give the area a rural tinge. Most people live in single-family houses with yards and fences. Not many of them are very well off, but there's little acute poverty, as a gaggle of automotive and other factories has given the town a steady supply of well-paying jobs. Violent crime is rare...
Warner touted his record of tax and education reform and his ability to draw jobs in the growing technology sector to rural parts of the state...
...country’s not going to make it if we leave behind rural America,” said Warner, who appealed to rural voters during his gubernatorial campaign with a blue grass jingle and a sponsored car in a NASCAR race. He noted during the question-and-answer period that it was important for Democrats to choose a candidate who could overcome the perception that the party could not relate to rural voters...