Santa Cruz is a surf town, so there's a lot of sun burnt faces and sun bleached hair.

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The town of Kukes, 20 kilometers from the frontier with Yugoslavia, faces the toughest conditions with officials saying the community was being overwhelmed.

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But it also shows that rejection of the Republican brand has only accelerated since the conservative caricatures of Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin -- and the town hall protesters -- became the most prominent public faces of their party.

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It's mainly in the faces of the people who were passionate about what this town and this region of America represented.

NPR: Gulf Coast Communities Seek to Rebound

Sweeney faces Democrat Jean Bordewich, 41, an elected member of the Red Hook town council.

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Aswan started life here, as a garrison town on the tip of Elephantine Island, before spreading on to the east bank, where it faces the sands of the Western Desert.

BBC: The perfect trip: Egypt

Mr Holmes faces 142 charges over the killing of 12 people and wounding of 58 in the cinema in the town of Aurora.

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