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Word: bostonians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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CHICAGO--The cheerful Bostonian who flabbergasted local folks by handing out free money--$100 bills, $50s and $20s--shrugs off the uproar she created...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Woman Gives Out $5000 to Lucky Passersby | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

Speaking of which, whenever I met a native Nebraskan and asked how he or she was, I always received a (gasp) real answer. Not the typical automatic Harvard Square answer, "Okay, how you doing?" I'm not saying the Bostonian way bothers me; it's just that I was so conditioned to the response, the sincerity shocked...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Tales of a Lost Wanderer in Nebraska | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

...Friday night, my friend from Lincoln bragged about how everyone left their care and houses unlocked. Fifteen minutes later, I opened my suitcase and discovered that my camera was missing. So much for security--that's the Bostonian mentality. Once something's missing, you can bet it's stolen...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Tales of a Lost Wanderer in Nebraska | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

Soon, the native Bostonian was taking home all the honors, and his dad was watching him play...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Of Dads, Camps, Bandanas and Home | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...obsequious sub-angel responsible for the mix-up, cringes and whines in just enough of an English accent to suggest a salesman at Harrod's in the presence of a gold card. Slippery and oh so discreet, he makes an hilarious foil for Ducey's bull-in-a-chinashop Bostonian...

Author: By Will Meyerhofer, | Title: Heaven Sent | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

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