Word: towns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kazo, the town where he lived, "the people are thought of as hicks by the ret of Japan." However, Frusztajer says, "I found the Japanese very status conscious. On the way home from the train station, I learned how much [my host father's] house, car and watch cost. It was very important for him to know the same things about my family...
...Robert Joseph Dole, the small-town Kansan who rose to become Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, is a remarkable survivor not only of war but of politics. Despite losses in two prior bids for national office, he has steadily been rising in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination. ! Yet he still faces formidable obstacles in the 1988 presidential campaign. He has been known as an acerbic Washington insider, a pragmatic, conservative man for all sessions during his 18 years in the Senate. Can such a candidate project a vision of the country's future that will satisfy both...
...both a university and a town in southern Ohio. The school was founded in 1914 as a teacher's college and since has blossomed into a full-fledged university, with 725 faculty members and 17,000 students...
...professional life and family," says Fred Wiseman, the Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker and a family friend. "What's nice is it has the charm of being true." Ken Howard has three step-children from his 10 year marriage to Margo. The couple maintains a home in the small town of Falls Village, Connecticut in addition to one in Cambridge...
...rose over Rockford, Ill., last week, residents could not believe their ears. "At 4:35 a.m.," a local radio station reported, "a tornado hit the Rockford, Ill., weather office. The entire town of Rockford has been demolished. If you are in the path, go to a basement shelter." Gazing out their windows, the town's citizens discovered a placid dawn scene. Not even a tree branch was down...