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Appalachia's anguish: a way of life unravels. (Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
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These are the worst times Appalachia has seen in 40 years.
The mountainous region has always endured hardship, but now destructive change is sweeping the land. Automation has forever stolen jobs from the one industry _ coal mining _ that kept the region alive.
The poverty this has spawned is forcing mass migration from central Appalachia's towns and hidden hollows. The tens of thousands of jobless miners who remain behind are ill-prepared to survive in a changing economy. Poorly educated children _ thousands of whom go hungry each day _ are staring at bleak futures. And ...
 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Appalachia's additions subtract from tradition; Counties: Boundaries become less clear
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; ...Delta and went to bed that night in Appalachia. Oh, the Panola County, Miss., woman didn't go anywhere. Appalachia came to her. President Bush accomplished...Kentucky - even the flat parts - is Appalachia. But what Grant and others don...
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The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia
Magazine article from: Rural Sociology
; ...The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia, by Dwight B. Billings and Kathleen...thorough investigation of poverty in Appalachia. The presentation of facts and points...contribution to research on poverty in Appalachia, with their investigation of the history...
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Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends Among Whites and Blacks -- Appalachia and United States, 1980-1993.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
; ...years the burden of CHO is greater in Appalachia than in the entire United States, with...slight differences in CHD rates between Appalachia and the United States were observed...the Bureau of the Census. For both Appalachia and the United States, CHD death rates...
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The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia.(Movie Review)
Magazine article from: Take One
; ...Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia is an uncompromising exploration into...for his photographs of the people of Appalachia, Kentucky. However, by way of Baichwal...process, multiple representations of Appalachia emerge: the Appalachia in Adams's...
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Non-Jews can learn from Yom Kippur. (Originated from State. A mug-shot photo of her is available from the KRT Photo)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Archive through PressLink dialup via Macintosh computer. For information, call (800) 435-7578 or (202) 383-6099.) By Jennifer Graham Knight-Ridder Newspapers It is estimated that fewer than 25 percent of American Jews attend Sabbath services each week. Visit a typical synagogue on a typical Friday,
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Spitzer not only one to see Appalachia in upstate N.Y.
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette
; ...economy that is devastated. It looks like Appalachia. This is not the New York we dream...There's more cause for optimism in Appalachia today than in upstate New York," said...people of upstate New York." Instead of Appalachia, Pataki conceded there are "areas...
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Appalachia in the Making. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: Southern Cultures
; Appalachia in the Making The Mountain South in...Mountaineer: People, Power and Planning in Appalachia, All That Is Native and Fine: The...excellent scholarly work has emerged on Appalachia. Much of that work is the product of...
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'Appalachia': Few Peaks, Too Many Valleys
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...of PBS's new four-part series, "Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People...mountains took millions of years to form. "Appalachia" seems to take nearly as long. The...As a result, nothing stands out. "Appalachia" is flat and uninspired, which not...
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Appalachia: A History
Magazine article from: The Arkansas Historical Quarterly
; Appalachia: A History. By John Alexander Williams. (Chapel Hill...one thing he cannot do is go straight. He has arrived in Appalachia. As the name suggests, Appalachia is a physical region-that area of the United States within...
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