Word: northeasterly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Foot of the Charles, whose name plays on the famous Head of the Charles regatta, is a collegiate race which attracts many varsity and novice crews from around the Northeast...
Instead, we have personalized customer service of the kind provided by Dr. Herma Hightower, Northeast Regional Commissioner: "The cab driver on the way down here wanted to know if I was going to this. She had a problem with her taxes she wanted to get taken care of, so I got her number and we'll help her out." Imagine J. Edgar Hoover offering to take care of the deli guy's immigration papers...
...Howdy there, welcome y'all to Store 24!"), as well as the famous Yankee accent (Imagine "Stand By Youse Man" or "All My Exes Lives in Joisey"). Of course, country's survival probably would have led to a much greater prevalence of overalls and people named "Dub" in the Northeast. Hey, there's a down side to everything...
...friendlier staff ("Hi, my name is Domna Sue"). Dining hall meals would be patterned after Elvis' favorites in his last years at Graceland, including Fried chicken, Fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, Fried pies and Fried frying oil. And, of course, if country music had stayed on in the Northeast, "Yale" would still just be a verb ("I tole Domna Sue to hurry up with them fried pertaters, but 'course she didn't, so I had to yale...
...protesting about practices of execution in China," said John R. Osborne, the Northeast regional coordinator of Abolish the Death Penalty, a part of Amnesty International. "We hope that there will be a growing consciousness to stop oppression in China and Tibet...