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After Arlene Vinson's favorite boutique in her hometown of Brea, Calif., went out of business a few years ago, her husband Norman--perplexed about what to give her for Christmas--decided that about 20 of the $50 bank-issued gift cards sold at their neighborhood mall would be the ideal gift; she could redeem them at any store in the shopping center. But nearly six months later, when Arlene tried to buy a $20.50 blouse with $2.50 in cash plus a gift card with $18 of unspent credit, the sales clerk said it couldn't be done, citing...
...many Okies to tramp through Harvard’s halls, only one has ever come from Enid—Melissa L. Dell ’05. She remembers her hometown fondly as “the sort of place where getting on the Dean’s list in junior high is a big deal...
...It’s really a surprisingly nice city,” Lackner says of her hometown. “I know it’s not a tourist destination exactly, but it has everything the big cities have...
Although people from her Oklahoma hometown ask her how can she stand liberal Massachusetts folks, Dell has nothing but praise for Harvardians...
Where is the loyalty I once knew in sports? Two of my hometown teams have won championships in the last year. I should be happy, right? But in some ways, I long for the days when the Sox were still fighting against a stronger Yankees team back in 1999, with Pedro Martinez blazing fastballs and dazzling opposing hitters with his knee-buckling breaking balls...