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Boys Town, village, Douglas co., E Nebr.; inc. 1936. The noted community was founded in 1917 by Father Edward J. Flanagan (1886–1948) for homeless or abandoned boys. The village is governed by the boys themselves and maintained by voluntary contributions. Girls were admitted for the first time in 1979. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The future Congressman grew up in the Urban Boystown in West Philadelphia, founded by his mother, Sister Falaka Fattah, as a haven for boys trying to change their lives. When I started selling real estate 20 years ago, gay people chose Chicago's Boystown, but now there are a lot more options, even for younger single people," says Donna Karpavicius, a suburban Chicago agent for Prudential Premier Realty. Recently published research by workers at Boystown National Research Hospital and Creighton University School of Medicine demonstrated stable lung-directed gene expression in a genetically modified mouse, using a VL30 vector. |
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