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If we were talking about the wind the word would be lee. To face away from the direction the wind is coming from (which is the only real direction we can measure) is to face to leeward.
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RE:Right after WWII all the Southern States gave their welfare recipients bus tickets North.
this is rather simple and basicly untrue. Certainly, many GI's, during basic training, and on their way to europe and the pacific, passed through areas they had never seen, and learned more about other states.
and in the post war prosperity, automotive plants (in MI) and industries in Chicago, saw hugh influxes of people from Appalachia. (both white and black)
but for blacks in particular, the north seemed very appealing. in WWII when many poor rural blacks met northern blacks for the first time, and discoved that a crumby school in a NYC (or Boston) ghetto, provided better education than a white school in Alabama-- and it was a very quick and smart decision to move north! (check US Army IQ test results from WWII--On average, Norther Blacks out scored souther whites by a wide margin) racism in the north was different than in the south, but there were absolutely more opportunites. and in some cases, people intentionally applied for welfare, simple to get a free bus ticket north-- knowing they could get jobs!
In the past 20 years, many of those job have moved back to the south. (especially automotive jobs). things have also changed in the south.
Internal migration was fueled as much by the mass movement of young impressionable men, who returned "home" and decided places they has seen along the way were more appealing-- as it was by "shipping" welfare recipients north.
and to some degee, it happened other places too, Oz, GB, come to mind-- both had a lot of internal migration (as well as influxes of immigrants) post WWII-- and most was to cities!
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No - the light's too bright - and they're asleep most of the time anyway....
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this is rather simple and basicly untrue.
Dear of troy: The friend from South Carolina was not a red-neck, and he was not a liar. Of course there were other factors involved. But you have no first hand knowledge to declare his statement untrue.
And remember, I did not mention blacks.
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Is there a word that could be used interchangably that would describe the proper direction to face that is away from the sun that would be appropriate for both the northern and southern hemispheres?Antiheliotropic? Antiheliotactic? Interestingly, Websters defines heliotropic as "turning toward the sun", but AHD defines it as "growth ... toward or away from the light of the sun". Comments? http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=heliotropic
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Dear Ken: Way back in 1935 I learned that plants produce growth hormones called auxins. These travel preferntially in the shaded part of the stem, giving a growth differential that makes plant bend and turn toward the sun. I cannot recall hearing of a plant that bends or turns away from the sun. Heliotropic would mean growth influenced by sun, Heliotactic would mean plant moving towards sun. I think.
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There's always "photophobic", but that's probably too extreme....
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This is all so interesting guys, but can no one answer my question? What's is the name of that French artist, or rather the name for an artist's studio named after him?
BelM? Anyone?
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[flash of inspiration after reading the thread several times] Are you thinking of "garrett", BY? (Spelling might be off there) I don't think that is an eponym, but it seems to be along the lines of what you are looking for.
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Thanks for the suggestion Flatlander, but as you write, this is not an eponym. Garret is a French word though, innit - so we're in the ball-park, but it obviously comes from the same derivative as garrison.
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