Word: maryland
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Hootie's music is actually rooted in more sadness and struggle than the band's detractors are willing to admit and fans are prepared to accept. Three of the band members come from comfortably middle-class upbringings--Felber and Bryan grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Sonefeld hails from the cozy Chicago suburb of Napersville, Illinois. Rucker's upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina, however, was poorer and harder. His mother was a nurse and his father was "never there"; money was tight and times were hard. "The only time I really dealt with my dad was Sunday morning before...
...wasn't resurrected on Easter. Next they'll be telling us that Christmas is the birthday of Santa Claus. Any thinking person must question the objectivity of a panel of self-appointed "experts" who have their own agenda for rewriting history. GARY YAGEL, Pastor Shady Grove Presbyterian Church Germantown, Maryland...
...PLATA, Maryland: Former CIA director William Colby was reported missing Monday after a canoe he had been using was found capsized near his vacation home. Colby took out his canoe on Saturday, after talking to his wife on the phone and telling her he wasn't feeling well. His neighbors alerted the police Sunday night when they realized Colby hadn't yet left for his Washington home. Charles County Sheriff Fred Davis said that the case was being investigated as a boating accident, but has not yet ruled out foul play. Colby started out his career...
Rouse built one of the first enclosed shopping malls, in Glen Burnie, Maryland, in 1958 (he is even credited with first calling them "malls"). But he soon grew disenchanted with suburban sprawl and the unplanned chaos of most cities--"formless places without order, beauty or reason, with no visible respect for either people or the land." His solution was the planned city of Columbia, Maryland, built on 14,000 acres of farmland he had acquired. Instead of impersonal malls and isolated housing developments, the town (current population 84,000) has nine village centers, 78 miles of foot and bike paths...
...tracks are being thwarted. The coalition to block gambling extends to many business groups that understand that the discretionary dollar goes only so far. As people spend their money on new gambling games, they are less likely to go to restaurants and movies. CHRISTOPHER J. MCCABE, State Senator Annapolis, Maryland...