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Among requirements for the rank of eagle scout are community service, leadership and organizational ability. So when Scout Kenneth Pulley industriously organized volunteers a year ago to clean and paint eight of the 800 bus shelters in his hometown of Portland, he was rewarded four months later with a promotion to eagle. More recently, Pulley, 16, earned a less meritorious recognition: his project was cited in a labor grievance for violating the local transit union's contract with the agency that runs the city's buses...
...manage in practice during the previous week. They brought the crowd to its feet and Thomas to the women's crown, the first black figure skater to win a national title. "There's been a lot of sacrifices, especially with sleep," said the champion, who started skating in her hometown of San Jose, Calif., at five. Back at Stanford after the victory last week, she said, "It's still kind of a shock. I never expected that winning could be so exciting." Now she is bracing herself for a double dose of finals next month--in her courses...
Nonetheless, both Marcos and Aquino were ready to declare victory. As he prepared to fly from Manila to his hometown of Batac in the northerly province of Ilocos Norte, the President declared that "if the difference is only 3 million (votes), I'll be disappointed." Aquino voted in her hometown of San Miguel, in the southern province of Tarlac. Said she: "Today is my day. I hope to see you all at my inaugural...
...longtime U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson, Pat grew up in Lexington, Va., and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from hometown Washington and Lee University. After a hitch as a Marine combat officer in Korea, he graduated from the Yale Law School, flunked the New York bar exam and was a partner in a small business. Then at age 26 he had a conversion experience ("At my desk in my office, I leaned back in my chair and burst out laughing . . . I had passed from death into life") and entered the Biblical Seminary in New York City...
...murder of four key supporters of challenger Corazon C. Aquino in the provinces over the last three days is most likely just the beginning. One of the slain was Evelio Javier, the hometown rival of Arturo Pacificador, the leader of Marcos forces in the national assembly...