Despite the rhetoric of preserving the family farm, the vast majority of farmers do not benefit from federal farm subsidy programs and most of the subsidies go to the largest and most financially secure farm operations.
The name Alexander is derived from the Greek á¼Î»Î­Î¾Î±Î½Î´ÏÎ¿Ï (AlÃ©xandros), meaning Defender of the people or Defending men and also, Protector of men, a compound of the verb á¼Î»Î­Î¾ÎµÎ¹Î½ alexein, to ward off, to avert, to defend and the noun á¼Î½Î®Ï anÄr, man (GEN á¼Î½Î´ÏÏÏ andros).
Alexandra is the feminine form of the given name Alexander. Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb á¼Î»Î­Î¾ÎµÎ¹Î½ to defend and á¼Î½Î®Ï man. Thus it may be roughly translated as defender of man or protector of man. The name was one of the titles or epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean one who comes to save warriors. The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek, a-re-ka-sa-da-ra, written in the Linear B ...