Word: hometown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...town was founded in 1855 when Elbridge and Mary Ayer, two natives of Harvard, Mass., bought 400 acres here and named the settlement after their hometown. Mr. Ayer later offered free land if the railroads leading to Chicago agreed to make every train stop at Harvard; the town blossomed...
...jobs in the last year, plans to return to school. This fall she will enter Furman University, in Greenville, South Carolina, as a junior English major. And while she still gets stares in public, she also gets accolades. Recently, while she was attending a baseball game near her hometown of Powdersville, South Carolina, some little girls approached her and asked, "Are you Shannon?" When she nodded yes, they squealed, "We want to be like you!" Thanks to Faulkner's Pyrrhic victory, someday they can do even better...
...worse when I was introduced to people from the state agencies or lobbying groups. My boss would introduce me and the people would ask where I was from. If I dared to answer with the name of my hometown, I received quick correction. "No," my boss would say, "tell them where you go to school...
...Dyken was the most pleasant surprise on the underdog U.S. team, which, spurred on by roars from an unabashedly patriotic hometown crowd, captured 13 gold medals, more than three times as many as their nearest competitors, the Russians. Two of theirs belonged to Alexander Popov, who came in a touch ahead of American Gary Hall Jr. in both the men's 100-m and 50-m freestyle...
Beth Peet had never been on a roller coaster. But she had a friend named Julia Grimm. Julia was a little more adventurous than Beth, or perhaps just more curious. Last Memorial Day, reported USA Today, the two high school students traveled from their hometown of Montoursville, Pennsylvania, to Hershey Park, for a Weird Al Yankovic concert; while there, Julia took Beth up on one of the park's wild rides. Last week adventure beckoned again. Both girls had a chance to go on the Montoursville High School French club's excursion to France. Beth, given a choice...