Word: hometown
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Like his nephews, Sota learned the game as a caddie in Sanander, the hometown of the Ballesteros clan. He played on the U.S. tour for a while and finished sixth in the 1965 Masters, the position ever reached by a European pro. In 1972 while playing in the Double Diamond tournament, Sota became the first professional ever to be penalized for slow play in the history of British golf, which understandably was taken as a national affront by his fellow Spaniards...
Southie's my hometown...
Manroe's shot, you see, reduced the Knicks' margin of victory from six points to four and swung the spread from those who bet on the hometown boys to those who wagered on the visitors...
Hozack, the Edmonton Express' senior center who Dea describes as "really cute with the puck," decided to come to Harvard without any outside prodding. He doesn't regret his departure from the high-pressured hockey of his hometown, as he says that in Edmonton "You're really aware of what's happening in Junior hockey. That's where the struggle to make it is. There are a lot of guys all around you who are trying to make it and don't produce. When you see that kind of thing it doesn't make a good impression...
...line is simplicity itself. A young man (Daniel Pule) who lives in the village of Tsomo is drawn to the big city (presumably Johannesburg) in the hope of earning more money for his wife (Linda Tshabalala) and family. He finds urban life unappetizing and dehumanizing and returns to his hometown. That a simple, unspoiled child of nature can be corrupted by urban industrial life is a longstanding cliché of Western civilization. The simplicity best comes to life in Ipi-Tombi in the dances that illustrate how close to nature some Africans apparently still...