But there are plenty of hard-core Kennedy lovers who treat him like a hero when he returns to his district in the eastern part of Rhode Island.

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In Hokkaido, the past hero is an American, William Clark, who was responsible for raising the island's farming to international standards.

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The antagonists on the island cease to see her as a female object and deal with her as they would any other hero.

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