backland

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Connally has the earthiness of a backland tenant farmer's son and the urbanity of a successful international financier.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, the sturdy little beast that carries the nation's backland freight, causes many of its automobile accidents, adorns its literature and enriches its profanity, supplied the theme for the song leading Mexico's hit parade.

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In some backland areas, every other baby dies before it is one year old.

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In a stunning upset, Robles swept most of the backland provinces and sliced into some urban strongholds where Arias was supposed to be unbeatable.

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But nothing could have exceeded the loneliness of that shore and backland, palpitating under the flogging of a tropical sun.

From Moran of the Lady Letty by Norris, Frank