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Word: peoria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anyway, whether or not women in Peoria have performed such elaborate thought experiments, people often take account of a perpetrator's genetic and environmental factors. The troubled child's genes for hyperactivity or his history of parental abuse earn him some leniency. To the extent that our knowledge allows, we try to ask, What if we really were in his shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The It Could Be Me Factor | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...decided it was time that I go. When in Peoria do as the Peorians do. I could not continue to criticize what I had never seen for myself...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Sex in the Heartland | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

...satisfy some male ego was more than enough to discredit any arguments in favor of strip clubs that Lloyd Hendricks and Al Zuccarini made in our hour-long discussion. More than enough to reserve my right to be disgusted by the success Big Al's has found in Peoria--this supposed cradle of middle American values and attitudes...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Sex in the Heartland | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

Welcome to Peoria, this mecca of mediocrity. Many Peorians are happily married, raising children in thriving communities, taking them to county fairs, packed village hall meetings, minor league baseball games, soccer tournaments and Bible study classes...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Sex in the Heartland | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

Georgia Alexakis '00 is a government concentrator in Winthrop House. She is working as a reporter this summer for the Peoria Journal Star and has no plans to go back...

Author: By Georgia N. Alexakis, | Title: Sex in the Heartland | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

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