Big city folk, you're going to have one significant qualm with the new Maps: there are no public transportation options for navigation.

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Lawson's world is populated by small-town folk with big hearts, men who fall for the girl next door and never forget her.

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Folk-country musician Adrienne Young is a big supporter of community gardens and sustainable farming.

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The biggest lures are naturally the big beer tents where local businessmen in lederhosen hoist mugs with bearded mountain folk and giddy Italian tourists.

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Are they too big for their boots - over-cosseted - or are they standing up for ordinary folk in the face of rapacious bosses?

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The big-name politicians and authors being out of his range, he decided he would pick the folk who looked promising in the long term, and also beg for the pity and favour of celebrities he liked.

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