Word: laing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...same things the candidates are talking about. In a country where travelers lament that every town looks the same--Where's Taco Bell? Where's Home Depot?--it's easy to assume that no region is really distinct anymore. We're all online now, and even in Baton Rouge, La., the local doyenne observes, the kids don't say y'all anymore. They say, "you guys," just like...
...community policing in racially divided Cape Girardeau, Mo.; parents debate a charter school in Osceola, Ark.; Ron Stodghill's father talk about the possibility of building a boarding school in the poor St. Louis, Mo., district where he is a superintendent; and the warden of the prison in Angola, La., describe his mixed feelings about the death penalty and life without parole...
Last week plans were announced for a museum dedicated to 18-year-old Britney Spears in the singer's hometown of Kentwood, La. Her parents will donate memorabilia from her long ago childhood. But if you and your family are on the road this summer and can't wait to check out celebrity shrines, there are some other options...
...ORLEANS, LA. The city is slowly sinking. What's the plan to keep it from going underwater...
...nothing like what I remembered about ballgames. The stadium had been packed--even where I was, on the third deck--and there had been an almost savage tension in the air. Then again, I had never attended a famed Mets game on their own home turf, with La Guardia planes flying overhead and all, and one more thing: It was John Rocker's return to Shea Stadium...