31.   He said no county would receive lower payments but rural counties would receive higher payments.

32.   His district stretches from the Memphis suburbs northeast across vast rural counties to the suburbs north of Nashville.

33.   Hispanic men had the highest heart-death rates in rural counties of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and in the Miami metro area.

34.   However, monthly fluctuations in rural counties tend to be more volatile and thus less reliable because of the small populations in these areas.

35.   His strength was concentrated in the rural counties south of Wilmington.

36.   I was ushered into the modest office of C. Penn Owen Jr., the most powerful plantation owner and all-around operator in this rural county in northern Mississippi.

37.   In Central Texas, the percentage of people living in poverty is, in some cases, higher in more rural counties than it is in McLennan County.

38.   In many rural counties, particularly in East Texas, blacks were nearly twice as likely as whites to be ticketed.

39.   In rural counties across the state, people are dedicating parks, fixing up cemeteries and planning parades.

40.   In some rural counties, a grand jury meets one day a week for three or even four months.