Word: ruralization
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Most Paraguayans are illiterate and speak the Indian tongue, Guarani. But the country counts eight daily newspapers, 13 radio stations, 17 movie theaters. In rural regions, entertainment includes dancing, chicken fighting, the drinking of caña (made from sugar cane), personal combat, general camaraderie. This program habitually starts at noon Saturday, ends at midnight Sunday...
Peons on Tractors. The cowboy was not the only Venezuelan countryman to get Government help. Determined to share the country's million-barrel-a-day oil wealth as widely as possible, President Betancourt pressed schemes for gradual land redistribution, a $6,000,000 irrigation program, and 148 new rural schools. To shore up food production and boost rural living standards (most Venezuelan peons get about 1,200 calories a day), he pinned his hopes on mechanization. The U.S. State Department backed this program by putting Venezuela high on the Latin delivery list, right after Mexico and Brazil. This week...
Blunder. In rural districts Young Bob lost more votes by coming out on election eve against feeble, aged (82), but popular Governor Walter S. Goodland, who won renomination without a campaign. German-Americans, once solid for the La Follettes, no longer balloted in a bloc. This time many voted a preference for McCarthy's conservative stand on domestic issues...
...land there grew up a new race of rural Jews who knew nothing of the ghetto. Arthur Koestler describes them* as "mostly blond, freckled, broad-featured, heavy-boned and clumsy . . . haunted by no memories. . . They had no ancient curse upon them and no hysterical hopes; they had the peasant's love for the land, the schoolboy's patriotism, the self-righteousness of a very young nation. They were Sabras-nicknamed after the thorny, rather tasteless fruit of the cactus, grown on arid earth, tough, hard-living, scant...
...home. The biggest demand for hospital care is in cities. But the new building program will not be conducted on the principle that the squeaking axle gets the most grease. A major share of the federal funds will be used to build small hospitals and health centers in rural areas, since 40% of U.S. counties have no registered hospitals...