Word: canton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trotted the final 200 yds. along an elevated bridge to Canton's ultramodern White Swan Hotel, the slight, blond runner was greeted by Guangdong province sports officials and svelte Chinese maidens in green cheongsams. But for Georgia's Stan Cottrell, 41, the greatest reward last week was simply finishing the 2,125-mile Great Friendship Run he had begun 53 days earlier from the Great Wall of China, northwest of Peking. "I call this a miracle run," said Cottrell, who held U.S. and Chinese flags as he was presented with a brown cloisonne trophy...
...increases. To hedge against shortages or inflation, many citizens withdrew their savings to purchase such nonperishables as bicycles and textiles. One Peking family bought a piano as an investment, though neither parents nor children could play it. A black market developed in railroad tickets, as speculators in Peking, Shanghai, Canton and other cities snapped up tickets and resold them at higher prices...
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...Calif. 46 Daniel Bennett LB Sherborn, Mass. 47 Tom Richerson CB Kirksville, Mo. 48 Brent Wilkinson LB Mt. Vernon, Ohio 49 Bill Solomon MG New Castle, Pa. 50 Scott Collins LB Elmhurst, Ill. 51 Dave Fanikos C Lynnfield, Mass. 52 Charlie Godinez C McAllen, Texas 52 Glen Philpott DB Canton, Mass. 53 Larry Bean LB Somerville, Mass. 54 John Keenan LB Salem, Mass. 55 Bob Joyce LB Weymouth, Mass. 55 Mike Murray C Lexington, Mass. 56 Jerry Garvey MG Plainville, Conn. 57 John Gibbons LB Holyoke, Mass. 58 Dennis Ineman C Fort Wayne, Ind. 59 Sam Jensen C Bloomington...
...collection is the Wursthaus (4JFK St.), smack on the Square. In the restaurant, you can order cheeseburger mit French fries and eggs mit bacon, and even a rare customer quickly learns that the 'Haus has about as much to do with Hamburg as the Kong has to do with Canton. Go only if a nice cold Heinie just...