Word: home-town
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
THIS PAST SUMMER, I embarked on a two-week journey into the South to visit my home-town. While Corinth, Miss. is not exactly my birthplace, it is the town where I grew up, established roots and have come to regard as home...
...overall, 3-4 in the Ivy League. Duke holds a 4-0 series record over Harvard. The Crimson has traveled to Durham, N.C. for the past two seasons, dropping each contests by more than 25 points. At home, however, Harvard has fared slightly better. In 1983-'84, the last time the Blue Devils came to Briggs, the home-town hoopsters lost by a mere three points...
...walkover when his opponent, Salvatore Todisco of Italy, turned out to have broken a thumb in a previous bout. Ten years ago, Gonzales was running with the violent gangs of predominantly Hispanic East Los Angeles. Taken in hand by Sympathetic Cop Al Stankie, Gonzales emerged as a home-town hero who had gone for the gold...
...towners have not kept pace with the let's-get-out-of-towners, rendering hotels uncrowded and compelling rent-a-car companies, among other profiteers, to restore normal rates. Since fully 70% of those attending the Games are estimated to be local, this almost qualifies as a home-town Olympics...
...Home-town pride produces a civic-mindedness that borders on the obsessive. In the Potrero Hill neighborhood, a builder wants to put up some stores on a pizza shop's back lot. A petition drive and local media brouhaha have deterred...