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What's happened is, some farm families got big, but more got out. Subsidies have helped finance the expansion plans of the big guys while inflating the rents of the little guys. Ebberson's neighbor Mike Korth has a 1,000-acre (400 hectare) corn and soybean spread that would have been considered enormous a century ago but is now about average for the area. His township has only 39 families on 36 sq. mi. (94 sq km), a frontier-level population density. No wonder a Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City study found the rural counties most dependent...
...explaining the band’s motivation for a free concert tour spanning the island nation. “Heima,” which is Icelandic for “at home,” chronicles Sigur Rós’s journey through small towns as they spread their symphonic brilliance. The movie has been screened sporadically throughout the United States, and its forthcoming DVD release comes hot on the heels of double album “Hvarf-Heim.” Unfortunately, the CDs don’t quite live up to the visual and aural splendor...
...problem peaks in the playoffs—as anyone who sat through the World Series can painfully attest. TBS, one of the networks covering the games, even arranged to have them spread out at 3:30 intervals, anticipating that they would run long. Of course, the fact that networks are now dictating start times unmasks the power to which baseball has sacrificed efficient games: television...
Facilities Maintenance Operations cleaned every room in the dorm to prevent the spread of the disease...
...these accomplished alumni, spread across history and the island of Manhattan, would seem to endow present-day Harvard students with a legacy to be cherished. They don’t. Despite their diverse accomplishments, our graduates are marred by what they’ve tended to have in common: their complexion. White and male, they’re an embarrassment...