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Liberal, city (1990 pop. 16,573), seat of Seward co., SW Kans.; founded 1888, inc. 1945. It is the trade center for a grazing and farm area. Oil and natural gas are extracted, and helium is processed in the city. Meatpacking and sand and gravel are also important to the economy. The traditional International Pancake Race between the housewives of Liberal and Olney, England, is held annually on Shrove Tuesday. liberal 1. relating to or having social and political views that favour progress and reform 2. relating to or having policies or views advocating individual freedom 3. of or relating to an education that aims to develop general cultural interests and intellectual ability 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 FINAL minutes of Kevin Smith's bighearted family film ``Jersey Girl'' contain some things you might not expect (a talented tyke performing a show tune from Stephen Sondheim's ``Sweeney Todd'') and some things that you would (hugs, kisses, sloppy emotion). When Tadpole isn't playing his guitar, organizing neighborhood picnics, canning fruits and vegetables, or working odd jobs to help the girls' bighearted but weary mother make ends meet, he is encouraging his youngest cousin, the self-described "runt, sometimes called Carol, and nobody at all," to discover what makes her special. I found the simple bronze relief of the bighearted and saintly Pope John XXIII. |
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