Word: rurality
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...says that a ban will convince many Europeans that "British society still hasn't overcome the class struggle from the 19th century." He argues, too, that the whole hunting debate in Britain is linked to the "increasing polarization between an intolerant, even aggressive urban society and a traditional rural society less skilled in 'communication,'" a split that countries like Spain, Ireland, France and the Nordic nations have escaped because of much closer links between countryside and town...
...seeking to ban their centuries-old sport. The Conservatives have tried every counterattack, but Labour's huge majority has meant their arguments have been flicked aside. No matter that hunting attracts 1.3 million followers to meets every year, that it supports thousands of jobs, and is a focus of rural social life, fox hunting is close to a death sentence...
...even with a little amusement. In Germany, hounds are not used to kill game but to chase animals toward hunters with guns. But there is hunting with hounds either on foot or on horseback in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Italy. In France, where politicians antagonize rural folk at their peril, there are 440 hound packs - more than in Britain - to hunt everything from deer to foxes to boar; parties, parades and church masses are staged to cheer the hunts on. Says Yves Lecocq, secretary-general of the Brussels-based E.U. Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation...
When that happens, they could mend a big rip in the mental-health safety net. In New Mexico's rural areas, there are far fewer practicing psychiatrists than psychologists. That means patients sometimes must wait as long as five months to see someone licensed to prescribe. "Psychologists use a range of tools to help clients," says Elaine LeVine, a Las Cruces psychologist who chaired the local push to get the legislation passed. "Medication will be an adjunct...
...Mart today because, counterintuitively, Wal-Mart is the business story of the last decade. The Internet was important, but the dot-coms were clearly overhyped and the truly innovative uses of the Internet are yet to be invented. Instead, it is Wal-Mart—prosaic, big, boxy, uncool, rural Wal-Mart from Bentonville, Arkansas—that has changed the way business is done in America. McKinsey, the same company that a lot of my senior classmates will be working for next year, recently released a study detailing just how important Wal-Mart is. Their findings, available online, show...