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Foster

Town in Providence County, northwest Rhode Island; population (1990) 4,300. It is located 26 km/16 mi west of Providence, along the Connecticut state line, on the Moosup and Ponagansett rivers. This rural town includes Jerimoth Hill (248 m/812 ft), the highest point in the state. Timber, granite, and gravel are important resources.
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TOM FOSTER came to Winesburg from Cincinnati when he was still young and could get many new impressions.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
For whenever these factions have their cardinals they do not remain quiet for long, because cardinals foster the factions in Rome and out of it, and the barons are compelled to support them, and thus from the ambitions of prelates arise disorders and tumults among the barons.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
Much had been done and much had been said in the regiment since the preceding Wednesday; several of the officers had dined lately with their uncle, a private had been flogged, and it had actually been hinted that colonel Foster was going to be married.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
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