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Word: home (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like most people, I'm a little insecure when it comes to haircuts. Back in my Home Town, it's easy. There's only one final destination for all the unwanted curls and locks in the neighborhood--the Home Town barber shop. "We know hair like Trump knows money," reads the sign on the awning...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Superlative Cuts | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...hamburger haircut does sound rather unpleasant. But advice from a hairstylist sounds downright dangerous for a Home Towner like myself. Barbers I've met always talk weather and sports; they don't proffer advise. We Home Towners take our advice from the Home Town tarot readers...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Superlative Cuts | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...easy in Cambridge. Who will fill in for the Home Town barbers? Suave stylists or cut-rate cutters? Chatty barbers or antiseptic hair-removal experts...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Superlative Cuts | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...tempting. Two coupons depict neat-looking couples with neat-looking haircuts and ambiguous expressions on their faces. The rebate is prominently displayed: "$6 off, cut and style." There's no price listed, but it must be an expensive procedure if they can reduce it $6 for me. Back at home, that would make...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Superlative Cuts | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

...read further down one of the advertisements. It seems I can use the discount at any of the store's locations--all 12 branches. What would they say back home if they knew I had patronized a branch for a haircut? Branches are for trees and for banks, they're likely to explain...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Superlative Cuts | 10/12/1989 | See Source »

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