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I've been very happy serving in a smaller school. It's a way of life for me. The interests of mine and the community have been the same. Rural schools have been my life. Montana is one of the most rural states. There's a need to educate every kid in the state.

The widening gap between urban and rural areas should be dealt with in real earnest. For those farmers who already have lost land in this process, we should give them job training and social services.

These are the kinds of questions I see in play now. The definition of what's rural is much more complex.

There will definitely be rural centers if there are enough kids to justify it. There will be test security at the site when the test is given.

The rural phone companies do not face the same pressure as other telecoms. Competition from AT&T and cable isn't impacting things as much. It's better for investors to aim toward the hinterlands.

The rural folk have already learned how to cope. But the urban people are so dependent on the government for distribution.

The Rural Fire Department (east of Pueblo), Rye and Pueblo West fire departments all have permit systems within their districts.

The rural economy tends to be dealt with in a piecemeal way. But we took the view that, by being bolder, we could provide a catalyst for reviving the economy of west Durham.

The rural carriers are unloved and not getting the attention they deserve.

I've really been interested in shooting a film in the rural town that my parents are from.

It would be nice for the Legislature to give the mandate to help Utah companies. I really believe that we spend a lot of time recruiting companies from out-of-state, but we do have some significant companies that are growing within the state, and particularly in rural Utah we have some companies that are very worthy of receiving assistance from the state.

These cable systems are in rural areas, so they potentially are not as profitable. AT&T is looking to unload them because their focus is not on rural cable markets.

These results will help to determine whether well and/or septic system construction and maintenance regulations or routine testing of private water systems during real estate transactions would be helpful in reducing contamination and health risks to rural homeowners. Also, the results may shed some light on the importance of routine maintenance of private water systems and septic systems in preventing contamination. Such information would be valuable for Master Well Owner Network volunteers and Cooperative Extension to educate homeowners about protection and management of private water systems.

The stores we are closing are not performing to consistent levels required by our business model and are located in no-growth or rural markets that have either matured or never reached their projected potential from a housing start perspective.

The State Highway Patrol has responded to more than 3,000 weather-related accidents since Wednesday, ... We still urge people to take care on secondary roads and in rural areas. And especially at night in freezing temperatures it will be very dangerous on the highways of North Carolina tonight.

The starting point for our discussions will be the offer we made in 1988 to help fund a program of land reform, ... But it has to be a program that is within the rule of law and helps the rural poor. And the occupations have to stop.

The slower increase of wages for migrant workers, to a large extent, hinders rural families' income growth.

'The Talk-Funny Girl' opens with a glum picture of a desperately poor rural New England family. Poverty has so brutalized the family that the ordinary laws and rules governing humanity have eroded, turning systems of behavior upside down.

The thing which attracted me to Google and to the Internet in general is that it's a great equalizer. I've always been struck by the fact that Google search worked the same, as long as you had access to a computer with connectivity, if you're a rural kid anywhere or a professor at Stanford or Harvard.

Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.

Teach for America recruits top recent college grads, young professionals, people we believe are the U.S.'s most promising future leaders, and asks them to commit two years to teach in high-need urban and rural communities.

Rural schools in my district also face difficulties in obtaining qualified teachers to teach math, science and foreign language courses.

Rural schools are forbidden to collect any other fee aside from the three permitted categories.

Rural people have told us that their perception of this is it's a city bonspiel. The city guys get to sleep in their own beds, while the rural guys shell out all kinds of money. The casual, fun type of curling that they used to participate in is not worth the $1,000 it's going to cost if you are planning to come in and spend a whole week here.

Rural drivers with lower average incomes will bear the burden for urban drivers who will gain sharp rate cuts.

Rural drivers might drive more miles because they might be further away from shops and places like that, but they're not on congested roads.

Rural communities welcome wind farms because they provide income to farmers and ranchers, skilled jobs, cheap electricity, and additional tax revenue to upgrade schools and maintain roads.

Rural Australia is now remote in terms of health services but our funding has not reflected that.

Rural areas are not an attractive market for a lot of the big companies.

Rural areas are lagging because they are the last front in the 1980s crime wave that started with crack in the big cities and put guns in the hands of kids in gangs and outside gangs.

Rural Americans need to read the fine print in President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security,

Rural Americans and ranchers are on the brink of existence, ... The rising fuel costs will put family farmers and ranchers out of business if they continue to go up, and this is just one of the horrible consequences of rising oil prices.

Safety education on the farm, especially for children, is a crucial initiative for the rural communities. ADM is proud to support FS4JK as they undertake the important task of educating farmers and their families about how to keep children safe on and around the farm.

Sales at our national consumer electronics retailers, which are our primary distribution outlets for DirecTV Systems, have been slower than we expected, in large part due to the softening economy, ... In addition, we are seeing continued slowing in the contribution of subscribers from the rural markets that are served by the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC).

Our constitution is based on the premise of upholding rural identity, traditions, security and prosperity ... all of which depend on recognition of individual property rights.

People become parochial when it is in their patch. It will be extremely difficult in the foreseeable future to go down the line of closures in rural communities.

Opposition to this merger just adds to the list of (Federal Communications Commission Chairman William) Kennard-Klein policies that ultimately will reduce innovation and choice and raise the cost of telephone services for residential customers, particularly those in rural America,

Often times when people discuss rural health care they focus on rural poverty, ... When you look at Asheboro, we're not like that. We have to view ourselves as part of a metropolitan area.

After consulting with all of the school districts in my Assembly district and talking with parents that have school aged children, I have decided to introduce legislation that will continue to increase the cap on open enrollment, ... This bill will help smaller rural schools where students currently enjoy small class sizes.

Across the state, there's a lot of bed and breakfasts in small rural towns like Clover. It takes an old home that has some uniqueness to it and an unbelievable dedicated person or couple to do it.

Across the Atlantic, in the scattered, far-flung, rural settlements of colonial America, hospitality had become a central concern, and hostesses, like peacocks displaying their iridescent plumage, tried to outdo one another with their creative food displays.

The Moon Pie is a bedrock of the country store and rural tradition. It is more than a snack. It is a cultural artifact.

Do you really think a group of kids from rural Virginia decided to do this on their own? Decided that the best way to embarrass Arabs and make them talk was to have them walk around nude?

Any countries in the regions which have situations in the rural areas similar to what we have here in Turkey could obviously have some diseases in animals and potentially in humans and that requires to strengthen surveillance systems both for humans and animals and to take all the measures necessary to control diseases in animals.

Approximately 9 million children are being raised in LGBT-headed households. Our parents live in every corner of this country, rural and urban, red states and blue states, and we strive like every other parent in this country to give our children the best opportunities, to shower them with love, to teach them respect and a love for the rich and diverse traditions America has to offer them. By participating in this American tradition we hope to show our children a great time while introducing our families to the American public in a genuine and respectful way. I know my four-year-old twin sons are going to have a terrific time and I invite anyone with children to come to this cherished event.

As far as protection of rural areas and protection of the population in the villages is concerned, perhaps it has never been so bad since 2003.

As everybody knows, small, rural hospitals have a tough time. It'll get us pretty close to break even, where before we had some operating losses.

A world-class cultural center in a rural setting, the home of Dartmouth College is ideal if you're an outdoors person,

That used to be his sanctuary, out in the middle of rural Texas where he could get his mind off his troubles. And now his troubles are right down the street.

A larger outbreak of BSE or some other livestock disease could devastate rural economies,

You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.

This is a small, rural community with about 13,000 people in our area. The hospital was barely making payroll, so we renegotiated contracts and that left two physicians delivering babies.

This is a rural area, with very narrow roads and deep ditches on either side. It's going to cost major bucks to widen these roads.

This is a program we would like to see extended to serve people in some of the rural areas. There are a lot of people who live in isolated areas who aren't a part of this program.

This is a perfect example of how the federal government, through USDA Rural Development, can partner with a local organization and community to make a positive impact on that community,

This is a tremendous opportunity for people in rural North Carolina, ... It couldn't come at a better time, with our farmers making a transition after the end of the tobacco program. It could be the silver bullet we've been looking for.

This is a story for all Americans, not just for those living in rural and inner city communities. And not just for health centers. We are the canary in the coal mine. We are the ones who can point to what's happening.

This is the first time for the central authorities to invest so heavily in rural development.

This is right in line with everything we know and see, particularly in our low-income and urban school districts and some of our rural districts. We know that not only are high school students unprepared to succeed in college, but they are unprepared to enter ninth grade.

This could be especially beneficial for the rural communities who find themselves at a disadvantage in transportation and communication capabilities.

This expansion can give us a whole wave of growth. We see a lot of opportunity in the rural sector and in small and medium business firms.

This is about the future of the rural area for our children and grandchildren.

This is about giving rural and regional Australia certainty and confidence that regardless of who owns Telstra, there will be a visible and effective Telstra presence in rural and regional Australia,

This intervention shows that it's possible to go into the least-developed areas -- to the rural people -- and bring them into the modern era.

They're worried that their population bubble is going to pass pretty soon and they're going to start on a downhill slide. In some of the rural areas, they're already seeing young people leaving for the cities.

Although these incidents have only occurred occasionally in a few rural villages, the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the government have attached close importance to this issue and are looking for ways to tackle the problem.

Although these incidents have occurred in only a few rural villages, the Communist Party of China and the government have attached close importance to this issue and are looking for ways to tackle the problem.

A lot of rural property owners are finding a lot of offers right now. Agriculture is in dire straits right now, particularly in southern Florida.

A medical doctor in rural Rwanda can share information with a specialist in the capital or Tulane.

They are the group that has the most money, that has the most health insurance coverage and has the best ... care. The very urban and the very rural tend to face somewhat of the same issues.

The Republican budget was about increasing the deficit, cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle class and hurting those who need our help most -- hurricane survivors, seniors, students, and rural Americans. Democrats were united and made those issues too hot to handle for Republicans.

The report will talk more about rural China and other conflicts within the economy, such as income redistribution, social security and medical reform.

There's a history of people commuting for good jobs in Maine, ... We're a mobile state because of our rural nature. To make it work as a car pooler, you need to be able to link up with people in similar situations. And the higher the price of energy, the more incentive there is to car pool. An organization like Go Maine helps find that needle in the haystack.

This kind of mindless vandalism directly endangers the lives of those who use our rural roads and costs us all yet more taxpayers' money.

This is yet another example of how out-of-touch Washington, D.C. is with life in rural America, and I pledge to oppose this plan at every level.

They're not being left behind. They're being left out altogether. This allows a lot of small, rural schools to completely escape any accountability.

There is the rural development self-help programs and the community development self-help program. When families contribute their own labor to help build their home, their own 'sweat equity' lowers their mortgage costs.

As rural areas benefit from the central government's new drive to build a 'new socialist countryside' during the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), farmers' income will continue to grow this year.

According to forecasts, the labor age population will reach a high level in the coming two years. In addition, there'll be more surplus rural laborers moving to cities to find jobs,

It's a struggle across the country to get physicians and other health skills professionals in rural and urban underserved areas.

It's a beautiful setting with two rivers, the English and the Iowa, in a wooded area and in a rural setting. Our view is that the project works better in that kind of setting versus an urban setting. It provides good ambience.

It was a small farm in a little rural town by the Indiana state border. I lived there from ages 5 to 12, I would say, before we moved to Dallas. We had chickens and a vegetable garden, and I had to get up to milk the goats at seven in the morning or do it at seven at night.

It is our understanding that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has allowed Ho Chi Minh City to retain its ban on poultry farming until February 2007 to ensure there is no recurrence of bird flu due to the lack of safety measures currently undertaken by the poultry industry in this region. We believe our system can be used as part of their safety measures and provide the ministry with enough information and assurances that once the ban is lifted, the possible infiltration of the deadly bird flu in poultry flocks can be detected and dealt with swiftly to avoid any further devastation.

It's a good feeling that you've been part of the gentle and considerate repopulation of these rural areas, as well as creating the employment opportunities for the local kids to leave school and get a proper job.

It's a great day for rural western Rowan County. It lets us know there'll be some crop land for years to come for our children and grandchildren to farm if they choose to do so.

It means the focus of infrastructure construction would shift from the urban areas to the rural areas.

It means that each of the 58 counties in California would see a significant reduction in the funds available for mass transit and in rural areas for streets and roads.

Its a phenomenon, and it has really taken hold in the industry, ... It really brings people into some of the smaller areas, the rural areas that are not like first-tier destinations.

It's a phenomenon, and it has really taken hold in the industry, ... It really brings people into some of the smaller areas, the rural areas that are not like first-tier destinations.

It's the jewel in the crown really for rural areas at the moment the health service, and I think if that disappears it is another nail in the coffin for rural communities.

It's more of a mindset than anything. Rural means people willing to help one another.

It's an incentive to get these developers to put these apartment complexes in rural areas. There's a need. There's a market that's not being served.

It's geography coupled with the extreme rural nature of the state, the difficulty with scheduling an appointment on a day a doctor will be here. It's already very hard here.

It's sad to say, but our rural communities are close to being extinct. Because when people like us retire in 10, 15 years, with farm sizes the way they are, there's going to be nobody left.

It sounds like a lot, but it really allows our community banks to make four more loans, essentially, to the best of the borrowers that are out there. Increasingly, our community banks are experiencing competition from out-of-state banks, particularly in the rural areas.

It's probably being kicked around by more dominant lions. We get calls every day from rural areas, but it is definitely uncommon to see a lion sleeping in a yard in the suburbs.

Democrats in tough districts and in rural parts of the country were distancing themselves from Bill Clinton by the beginning of 1994.

Congressman Salazar strongly believes that our public lands are a resource for our communities, and public lands should not be sold off to justify misplaced budget priorities. We need to directly address our budget problems and put money to what matters most to rural communities.

The new Violence Against Women Act provides a comprehensive approach to combating domestic violence and sexual assault, ... It stiffens penalties for repeat offenders, provides more money for vital services and will help battered women get the assistance and support they need. It also focuses on breaking the cycle of violence through education and helping rural victims in under-served areas.

Then you could allow your rural residents to bring in their blue bags and dump them off.