Word: huron
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Edison's tireless work habits took shape during his childhood in Port Huron, Mich. His formal education, according to most accounts, lasted only three months; he quit school after a teacher pronounced him "addled." His mother, herself a former teacher, educated him for a while at home, but the boy's growing fascination with chemistry soon led him into a rigorous course of independent study. To pay for the materials needed for his experiments, Edison at age 12 got a job as a candy and newspaper salesman on the Grand Trunk Railway. By the time...
Formaggio Kitchen is located at 244 Huron Ave., off Sparks Street and Concord Avenue...
...Monica buy her blue dress?) Perhaps because of this, the 13-episode ABC program is enthralling viewers, but occasionally it dismays geography fans. On a show last week, host Regis Philbin asked which of the Great Lakes, excluding Superior, has the largest area. Contestant David Honea suggested Lake Huron. Philbin's TelePrompTer suggested Lake Michigan, and the voluble host sent Honea packing. After the show, Honea politely asked producers to double-check. Guess who was right? ABC has invited Honea back for the show's final broadcast to continue his quest for the elusive million, which should help...
...recent article in The Nation about the resurgent student movement began by noting that a meeting of campus organizers at Stanford bore "no resemblance to the old and gritty auto workers' summer camp at Port Huron, Michigan, where SDS was formed...
...Reported by Harriet Barovick/ New York, Cathy Booth/Los Angeles, Wendy Cole/Chicago, Sylvester Monroe, David Nordan, Tim Padgett and Tim Roche/Conyers and Ron Stodghill II/Port Huron...