Word: towns
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...bypassing the chain of command. By birth and training, Ramos, 58, is a Manila insider. He is the son of Narciso Ramos, a former Foreign Minister, and a cousin of Marcos. The general's younger sister Leticia Ramos Shahani is a Deputy Foreign Minister. Ramos grew up in the town of Lingayen in the northern Ilocos region. After attending the National University in Manila, he enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, as a limited number of foreigners are permitted to do each year; he graduated in the top 10% of his class. At West Point, Ramos...
Hibbing, a community of 20,000 that is probably best known as Bob Dylan's hometown, has been hurt by the decline of the region's taconite mining. The town gave Lakewood, which is creating 95 jobs, a site in a new industrial park, despite fears that the Japanese would never accept American-made chopsticks. But Hibbing's mayor Dick Nordvold predicts that if chopstick sales falter, Lakewood can make Popsicle sticks and tongue depressors...
...husband agrees to do half the vacuuming and child rearing or take the wife out to dinner at least twice a week for the length of the marriage. Then there are sexual provisions. One contract might specify that the husband can fool around only when he is out of town. Some agreements say the husband or wife gets a night or two out each week with no questions asked, and many contracts insist that the bride and groom detail their sexual life histories before the wedding...
...Evening on the Town. For a swanky affair, treat your date to cocktails at the Ritz (15 Arlington), dinner at The Four Seasons (200 Boylston), and orchestra seats at the ballet. Total cost, including a nightcap of Dom Perignon...
These are the first of five consecutive road games for Harvard, which doesn't return to the cozy confines of Bright until Vermont comes to town on January...