Word: atkinson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fayetteville is now turning up on lists of the most desirable communities in America, but only for those who want to get away from urban problems -- and amenities. Richard Atkinson, a professor at the law school, says his faculty has trouble convincing potential members that a move to Fayetteville will not drop them off the edge of the world. What do you tell them? I ask. "Well, we boast that we get National Public Radio here...
...That summer was an international experience,"Atkinson says...
...still remember exactly who was in theroom the first time I heard Sergeant Pepper's,"says Atkinson, referring to the 1968 Beatles'album. "I thought: `This is amazing...
...Atkinson remembers that "people reallyresonated" to the song "Day in the Life...
...heard the news today oh boy'," Atkinson sayssoftly. "Every day you'd pick up the newspaper andyou'd be reading about the war or race riots. JohnLennon has kind of a haunting voice anyway--athin, reedy voice. When you heard that song, itwas like telepathy...