Word: hometowners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...With a hometown Palestra crowd of 3661 cheering local boy Mark Lonetto on, Penn's hot shooting forward canned most of his career high--21 points--during the first 20 minutes of the contest...
...Graphics by Henri Matisse at the Pucker/Safrai Gallery, 171 Newbury St.. Paintings by Dan Rosenbluth '75 pottery by the staff of the Radcliffe Pottery Studio at Ticknor Library, Boylston Hall, through Dec. 20 And, finally, "Wish you Were Here" a history of the Picture Postcard (In my hometown, stores used to sell postcards of Alcatraz with that choice phrase in yellow script on the front) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, 955 Boylston St. in Boston, through Jan.4...
...Harry S. Truman Library (library and museum, that is) occupies a single large and dignified U-shaped building on a beautifully landscaped tract of 14 acres in Independence, Missouri--Truman's hometown. Independence was a boom town in the first half of the 19th century, one of the major outfitting centers for wagon trains heading west. By the turn of the century, it had become an agricultural and livestock center. Today, although Independence is steadily being pulled into the vortex of metropolitan Kansas City, its center remains a prosperous, pleasant county seat...
When the home team itself puts men on, the hometown fan watches eagerly as his club requests that the opposing pitcher pitch with a superball, and squeals with delight as another 800-foot home run is belted. "Designation sure is fun," the excited spectator says to himself...
Denying one's origins is a hard thing to do unless you especially despise your parents or hometown. I never had to contend with ill-feelings toward either one, so Step 3 happened relatively effortlessly. But it's not all that simple. Since stereotyping is rampant at Harvard, people tend to deny parts of themselves that might be associated with some innocuous stereotype. For example, though I knew nothing about prep schools when I got to Harvard, I soon realized that they are the source of endless snide remarks. I met preppies who were truly embarrassed about their background...