A glowing notice in Time ( " what makes ` Bad Land'exceptional, on a level with William Least Heat-Moon's ` Blue Highways'and ` PrairyErth,'is a pervasive sense of yearning " ).
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During Thursday's court session, prosecutors said Phuoc used the money to feed his gambling habit and to assemble a faltering business empire built on bad land purchases and high risk loans.
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The Cayuga Indian Nation is asking the state of New York for too much money to make amends for a bad land deal made 205 years ago, says a state lawyer.
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In June 2005, Laramie Mountain Broadcasting, LLC, had reached an agreement to sell this station to Bad Lands Broadcasting Company, Inc ., for a reported sale price of $ 915, 000.
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Wildstorm released another two-issue miniseries on January 9 and February 13, 2008, titled " Friday the 13th : Bad Land ", written and illustrated by Ron Marz and Mike Huddleston respectively.
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"Bad Land " ( Pantheon, 324 pages, $ 25 ) is a stunning meditation on the perennial allure of the American West for immigrants, and how that promise can turn to dust.
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"Even bad land is better than no land, " said Anthony Reynolds, former executive director of the Royal Commission, which was disbanded after issuing its extraordinary six-volume, 3, 537-page report last fall.
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According to Bergthold and Jerry Freeman, the Malpais _ Spanish for " bad land " _ is known for its difficult terrain and was a problem spot for them during their 1989 trek.
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As he emphasizes, " In the creation of a book, the most crucial thing is the quality of the writing . ` Bad Land'is not a history of the homesteading movement, or dry-farming.
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And like the Montana homesteaders in " Bad Land, " this immigrant is living with the shocked realization that he has built a new life in a new land on a promise gone bust.
