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Word: homiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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What he found was a relatively close-knit community, a "good block" with "good buildings" housing "good people." Yet the homiest of the five articles to run so far-long treatises on the comity of the postman and the everyday frustrations of shopping-fail to dispel the notion that New York neighborliness is little more than a tenuous alliance. In fact, Corry's best piece so far lists the precautions taken by residents of the "good block" to keep from being robbed, raped, beaten or killed: "George Bassat keeps a club next to his front door. Mr. Brouwer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: That Homey Touch | 10/18/1971 | See Source »

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