Word: owner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could have been attending Harvard: a Jewish store clerk, an Irish bar bouncer, a Texas construction worker, a New York Italian cop, a Black post office worker, a Connecticut farmer, a Texas reverend, a Jewish actuary, an Italian cleaner, a Black teacher, a Puerto Rico businessman and pool hall owner, a senator in Taiwan and a Naval doctor in China. The majority did not attend college...
After most of the golden oldsters have departed, the handful of permanent residents settle down for the summer heat. "This is one of the hottest places in the States," says Johnny Braswell, owner of La Casa Del Rancho restaurant, "but you learn to live with it." Braswell and his wife Betty have lived here for 17 years and raised six kids, packing them off to school in nearby towns. In a community where no one is in charge, Braswell takes it upon himself to maintain the big Q sign on Q mountain. "A while ago, I filled my pickup with...
...Sweetwater residents are wary of the newcomers. "A lot of people still go back to World War II," explains Otha McGaughey, who left her job at a local restaurant to work as T.M.G.'s food-service manager. But most seem open to learning about another culture. Says hosiery-mill owner Jackson Jones: "Both sides are trying hard to put their best foot forward...
...mentioned them, and white people wrote about them. There's a wonderful diary of the Burr family in which he talks about his daily life and says, "Put the bit on Jenny today." He says that about 19 times in six months -- and he was presumably an enlightened slave owner. Slave-ship captains also wrote a lot of memoirs, so it's heavily documented...
After the motion, City Clerk Joseph E. Connarton informed the council that Harvard--the largest property owner in the city--had objected, but that he had not yet determined if a seventh vote was necessary...