American Mosaic: Some tractors; some comments; some singles
<p><span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="Pat">Pat</span> <span word="Bodner">Bodner</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="explore">explore</span> <span word="music">music</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="band">band</span> <span word="that">that</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="while">while</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="band">band</span> <span word="that">that</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="musician">musician</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="style">style</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="name">name</span>.</p><p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="first">first</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="loud">loud</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p><span word="Tractor">Tractor</span> <span word="pulling">pulling</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="sport">sport</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span></p><p><span word="Tractor">Tractor</span> <span word="Pulling">Pulling</span></p><p><span word="PAT">PAT</span> <span word="BODNER">BODNER</span>: <span word="Tractor">Tractor</span> <span word="pulling">pulling</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="simple">simple</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="rural">rural</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>. <span word="Farmers">Farmers</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="compete">compete</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="horses">horses</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="tractors">tractors</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heaviest">heaviest</span> <span word="load">load</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="popularity">popularity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tractor">tractor</span> <span word="pulling">pulling</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="featured">featured</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sport">sport</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="Christopher">Christopher</span> <span word="Cruise">Cruise</span> <span word="tells">tells</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="yearly">yearly</span> <span word="tractor">tractor</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chapel">Chapel</span> <span word="Hill">Hill</span>, <span word="Tennessee">Tennessee</span>.</p><p>(<span word="SOUND">SOUND</span>)</p><p><span word="CHRISTOPHER">CHRISTOPHER</span> <span word="CRUISE">CRUISE</span>: <span word="Chapel">Chapel</span> <span word="Hill">Hill</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="tractor">tractor</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="nineteen">nineteen</span> <span word="seventy">seventy</span>-<span word="six">six</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="called">called</span> "<span word="Pull">Pull</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="South">South</span>," <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="July">July</span>.</p><p><span word="Here">Here</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="works">works</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="transport">transport</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="tractors">tractors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="pullers">pullers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Chapel">Chapel</span> <span word="Hill">Hill</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="trucks">trucks</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="competition">competition</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="tractors">tractors</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="plowing">plowing</span> <span word="farm">farm</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="America">America</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="colorful">colorful</span> <span word="designs">designs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="owner">owner</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="sponsor">sponsor</span>. <span word="Thousands">Thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="attend">attend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="competition">competition</span>.</p>
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