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Crack country

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A man who grew up in rural Minnesota is unsurprised with a recent report that claims rural youth are much more prone to drug abuse than city kids. He recalls economic desperation, isolation, and lax law enforcement as major factors.

Author: Kirn, Walter
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Personal narratives, Demographic aspects, Drug use, Drug abuse, Country life, Rural life, Rural poor, Rural youth

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Apocalypse kitsch

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A novelist based in Livingston, Montana is embarassed over his upbringing as a apocalypse-prepared Mormon and the insulated perspective of his neighbors.

Author: Kirn, Walter
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
United States, Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Cover Story, Ethical aspects, War and society, Society, Wars, Public opinion, Religious aspects, Terrorism, Religious Right (American politics), Religious right, Livingston, Montana

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Grounded: in the Mojave Desert, planes wait for better days

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The airline slump is filling the mothball/storage facilities at Mojave Airport in the California desert.

Author: Kirn, Walter, Edwards, Michael
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
California, Economic aspects, Supply and demand, Airlines, Storage, Transport planes, Transport airplanes, Mojave Airport

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