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Allentown

[al-uhn-toun]

noun

  1. a city in E Pennsylvania.



Allentown

/ ˈælənˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Lehigh River. Pop: 105 958 (2003 est)

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Yet “Allentown” also poses a pretty sophisticated critique of the social and political forces converging on a generation of Americans promised prosperity only to find a flag thrown in their face.

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Even optimistic estimates suggest these moves will take time to show any results, but Aziz Wehbey, a Syrian-American Republican voter in Allentown, Pennsylvania, said he was pleased by what he had seen so far.

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Allentown, Pa.; or West Palm Beach, Fla., had suddenly picked up and moved en masse.

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"It's simple, really. We liked the way things were four years ago," said Samuel Negron, a Pennsylvania state constable and member of the large Puerto Rican community in the city of Allentown.

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There was a mood of cautious optimism as the night wore on in Allentown, Pennsylvania - a majority Latino city which was the scene of intense campaigning from both Harris and Trump.

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