Word: hometown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Coming from St. Louis, one of the more conservative parts of the country, I've grown up to view women and their role in society in a radically different way than most people at Harvard. In my hometown there is no visible movement towards feminism. People are not P.C. The family takes priority--most women wear the title of housewife, and men aren't afraid to open a door...
...World League is making a token effort to develop international athletes. Each international franchise--Montreal, London, Barcelona and Frankfurt fields 3 non-American players including 2 from the team's country. Players like Frankfurt defensive end Olaf Hampel give the hometown crowd one of their own to cheer...
Krikalev landed on the snowy plains of Kazakhstan, an independent country. He was wearing the emblems of the U.S.S.R., but it no longer exists. His hometown is called St. Petersburg again, not Leningrad. Understandably, Krikalev's knees were a bit rubbery. He was given a whiff of smelling salts and a cup of soup...
Only this time, talk in the Union switches from what your hometown is and who your roommates are to where will you be and who will you live with. It's like having a fresh start all over again...
Ball said McGurn, whose hometown and age weren't immediately available, had been a bus driver for the MBTA about three years and had no previous problems...