Word: ruralization
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...time when religious faith is increasingly worn on public sleeves--most prominently that of the President--a dispute that dates back to the celebrated 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" is being replayed around the country in legislatures, courts, school-board meetings and parent-teacher conferences. School administrators in rural Dover, Pa., visited biology classes last week to read a declaration proclaiming, among other things, that "Darwin's theory [of evolution] ... is a theory, not a fact." And in suburban Cobb County, Ga., officials pasted stickers on biology textbooks declaring the same thing and are now appealing a court order to remove...
...night helping other volunteer firefighters and neighbors save two farms from a bushfire that had finally seemed under control. "They were about to crack a beer," says Holman's wife Claire. "They thought we were safe." But then the wind changed - and with it the fortunes of the rural communities and farms of the lower peninsula, a sheep and grain district 650 km west of Adelaide. In searing heat, the wind accelerated to about 70 km/h, and within minutes the fire had broken free. By the end of the day, nine people - including four children trapped in cars - would...
...since it began counting in 1995. So far, 61--about 20% of all sweeps--have produced significant matches, helping push an investigation toward a suspect and, on numerous occasions, a conviction. In 1998 Str??cklingen, Germany, undertook the largest collection to date. More than 16,000 men in a rural town were sampled after a girl, 11, was raped and strangled. In a quest to restore the town's innocence, entire soccer teams took the test together. The killer, pressured to participate by friends, also complied, sealing his fate...
...those in the middle and upper classes donated just 5% of their income to charity, it would make a big difference. Much of the investment that has come into India in recent years has been confined to certain regions and selected industries. The government should increase investment in the rural sector and in other areas that have been left behind. The manufacturing sector needs to be strengthened as well. This would increase the number of jobs. Mehra Saurabh New Delhi...
...Quynh Kieu, the chairperson of Project Vietnam, says that the low cost and relative simplicity of the technology will play a key role in its spread to rural areas...