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But both northern Honshu — which is more commonly known as “Tohoku” — and the northernmost island of Hokkaido offer the advantage of unspoiled countryside and friendly down-to-earth villagers still imbued with something of a frontier spirit.
Among other things, I learned that what a middle-aged college professor thinks of as down-to-earth examples of economics in action might not always sound quite so down to earth to the ordinary college freshman, and that I had to have more examples the clientele could relate to--which means, in particular, sports . One focus group member suggested that the market for "scalped" sports tickets was a good example of supply and demand in action.
Borba, on the road to Elvas and Spain, is more down-to-earth, though its marble buildings betray the source of the local wealth:
The film also reflects Selena's down-to-earth style, at least as described in media accounts and in such books as the unauthorized biography Selena: Como la Flor (1996), by Joe Nick Patoski, a senior editor at Texas Monthly . Selena the movie ticks off the points made in numerous profiles.
What surprised everyone was that he turned out to be a most charismatic campaigner, with a much more down-to-earth touch than Harriman ever exhibited.