Word: canton
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...Lawrence is in Canton, 10 minutes from Potsdam, but also an eternity from civilization. The nearest major city to either of these places is Ottawa...
...hour off. Though the cutback had been announced in advance, it still proved a rude jolt. Workers who were accustomed to cycling home for lunch found themselves forced to eat near their jobs; since few offices have canteens, employees jammed into crowded restaurants cursed with slow service. Schoolteachers in Canton even asked their supervisors for a < return to the two-hour recess to give students enough time for a meal at home...
...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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