Word: hometown
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...phrase "my husband" sprinkled her talks. Bands played, banners puffed, and swarming crowds were as giggly as if they were seeing a presidential parade. In a sense, they were. In Quincy, 111., she took a towboat down the Mississippi, preparing herself for a visit to Mark Twain's hometown of Hannibal, Mo., by rereading his work. On the boat she ate Mississippi catfish and sang along with Bing Crosby's old banjoist. In Hannibal, she was met by youngsters costumed as Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, plus virtually the whole town. The welcome was so hyper-American hearty...
Changes are unlikely. The second biggest crowd in Cotton Bowl history, 78.087 strong, was on hand - hoping to see the hometown Cowboys avenge their narrow 34-27 defeat bv Green Bay in last year's National Football League playoff. What they saw was a Packer defense that kept Dallas' highly touted offense from scoring a touchdown - the first time that had happened in almost two years. The Packers crushed the Cowboys...
They roared with delight as the hometown boys avenged Harvard's 19-13 victory last year, and didn't seem to mind a dull, slow meet...
With two easy wins so far, the Harvard basketball team opens its home season against Tufts tonight. Hometown fans will get a chance to see if the quintet can come up with the right answers to the three major questions that face them. If they can, it could mean a surprisingly good year for Crimson basketball...
...Office, who (seem to) sigh with longing for a return of the bad old days, point out that the team is good this year and alumni want to see it. Yale tickets are not made available to the non-alumni Boston public, but the local newspapers have built up hometown boys Leo and Gatto into the heroes...