Word: small-town
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During this period, Clinton's religion found a dual expression, matching in some ways the tension in his personality between his populist leanings as an Elvis Presley-loving son of a small-town nurse and his intellectual elitism as a Rhodes scholar and full-time wonk. He developed an intense relationship with the Rev. W.O. Vaught of Immanuel Baptist, a biblical scholar known for his erudition, whose sermons were drawn directly from Scripture. Friends of both men say Clinton, who lost his father to a car accident before he was born, was drawn to him for his paternal and nonjudgmental...
Kariya passed Byerly Hall with flying colors but Tomassoni couldn't sell the small-town star (Kariya hails from north of Van-couver, British Columbia) on the benefits of urban life. Apparently, Kariya thought Boston would distract him from his hockey, so he opted for the complete sensory-deprivation tank of Orono, Mc. But just think...
Both Golightly and Varjak have something to hide. Varjak calls himself a writer but has no ribbon in his typewriter and Golightly plays the part of a mod New York socialite though she is really a small-town girl who ran away...
Shadow Play is definitely corilineal. Baxter's setting is conventional small-town America, but his scenes are as eerie as the realism of Edward Hopper paintings. Five Oaks is a town where history no longer takes root. Industry is elsewhere. Spirits too have up and gone. People have dusty backgrounds and odd occupations. A Palmer neighbor is a retired airline dietitian; a young woman describes herself as a Con-Tact-paper decorator...
...dramatic walk from Macy's basement to Madison Square Garden. Hillary asked Linda to produce a film for the convention that would reintroduce the family to the country. The Man from Hope, a 14-min. documentary interspersing home movies and interviews with the Clintons, created an image of small-town life as warm and engaging as that of Evening Shade...