Word: hometown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hear 10 differentlanguages," New York City's Valdes says,describing Harvard's diversity as being on parwith that of his hometown...
...hospital job in 1978 after clashing with his colleagues, and his professional reputation suffered three years later when he was put on two years' probation for improper prescription of narcotics. He could be compassionate and conscientious with his regular patients. Marjorie Mason, a patient who lives in his hometown of Fernandina Beach, Florida, praises him for seeing her through a difficult pregnancy: "He held my hand through the whole thing." Yet Britton could be brusque and abrasive with clients he inherited from Gunn. Nor did he believe in turning the other cheek: he packed a .357 Magnum and talked freely...
Roger & Me dealt with the effects of General Motors layoffs in Moore's hometown of Flint, Michigan, and was structured around his efforts to meet with Roger Smith, who was then CEO of GM. Shambling, wearing sagging jeans and badly in need of a haircut, Moore sought out the elusive chairman in posh offices and clubs. He pursued his subject doggedly, and his innocent, straight-faced directness with the public relations executives and others keeping him away from Smith gave the film a subdued hilarity...
...Chicago bid $32 million to be the host, beating out rivals New York City, New Orleans and San Antonio, Texas, for a possible $100 million economic return. Grace says David Wilhelm, a former operative of Daley's and now Democratic National Committee chair, was the key to getting his hometown on the list. More important, the Daley clan helped President Clinton win the crucial Illinois primary in 1992, and he'll need them even more next time...
Luckily, the band had a week of after Memorial Day During which they retired to their hometown of Burlington, Vermont. After the break, the revitalized band showed a renewed commitment to the art of playing music that mattered to them and not to anyone else. Old songs that hadn't been played in years began to show up in their set lists (ok trivia buffs, here they are: "NICU," "Gumbo," "Tube," "Funky Bitch," "Frankenstein," "Letter to Jimmy page" and two weeks before the Great Woods run, "Gamehenge"). At the same time, songs from Hoist were beginning to find a home...