Word: localitis
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...gilding of Harry Potter seems to have worked. The carefully built-up demand produced long lines of customers and the curious at the many U.S. bookstores open for business at the crack of Saturday. Some of these settings seemed surreal. At Books of Wonder in lower Manhattan, local TV and print reporters swarmed among the expectant book buyers. "The AP has already hit us," said Dave Lambert, 28, who was waiting with his girlfriend. You've got two lines here, one interviewing the other. A p.r. woman called out, "Anybody need a sound bite from Scholastic?" A satisfied film crew...
...19th annual contest--which pitted local restaurants and clam chowder makers against each other--was among the many activities in Boston over the long Fourth of July weekend. This was the first year that HUDS attended...
Similarly picture-perfect in the role of Aldonza (Quixote's great lady/ local whore), Juliene James '00 carries off the part with Carmen-like blend of indignation, haughty pride and passionate song. Though at times her hurricane-like disregard for the other characters seems a bit overdone...
...Local Festivities...
Sales at my local newsstand must be plummeting. Instead of newspapers, many of the fellow passengers on my daily subway commute are reading books...