Word: hometowner
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...World War II raged, Adolf Hitler retained an ambition to build the world's finest museum in his hometown of Linz, Austria. He planned to call it the Führermuseum and hoped to stock it with the greatest works of art from around the globe - which he would obtain by looting collections and museums in occupied territories and hiding them until the war ended. (See a brief history of World War II movies...
...that if lenders "do not step up their efforts to help stressed-out homeowners," then Congress should consider a "change in federal law that would allow bankruptcy judges to reduce the principal owned on home mortgages." In other words, if Williams can't get his law passed in his hometown, perhaps he'll have better luck later if he wins a seat on Capitol Hill...
...activist John Stemberger, head of the Florida Family Policy Council (which fought in 2005 to keep Terri Schiavo on life support), last week wrote in a petition to keep the girl in Florida that she "is in imminent threat of harm from the extreme radical Muslim community in her hometown of Columbus." He warned that one of the world's largest "cells of al-Qaeda operatives" once worked from a Columbus mosque the Barys have attended. He bases these sweeping claims on the fact that Salah Sultan, a controversial Islamic scholar who denies that Arab terrorists committed the 9/11 attacks...
...With this in mind, jump right into the excitement of being at college and away from your parents. Fill your first days with dozens of info sessions, speeches by campus big wigs, and screenings of Love Story. Remember the four freshman conversation points (name, hometown, dorm, possible concentration) and you’ll increase your Facebook friend count exponentially before the end of your first week...
...Depending on your hometown, March may be a time when flowers begin to bloom, trees being to sprout bright green leaves, and the melodic chirps of the birds signify the arrival of spring. This is not the case at Harvard...