native son

And the thing is, they have a talented native son of their own.

Friends say that such situations are to be expected when the city is run by a 49-year-old native son.

The entire place was in mourning for a native son who had died by his own hand.

But clearly, not everyone in the county agrees that having a native son at the head of state is all a plus.

There he was received as a native son, with great happiness by all classes.

He was the first and only native son of the diocese to become its bishop.

He would not be a native son come home to herald the success of a career development program for minorities.

Now a native son was flinging it back in their faces.

Native sons, both were determined, in different ways, to improve the city that was their home.

Why not create a mural for a true native son?"

Today he is proudly claimed as their most celebrated native son.

The town had claimed the murdered leader as an adopted native son.

The general raised a family that has thrived, and whose members now see themselves as native sons.

It's like at the national convention where states support their "native son" candidates on the first ballot.

Some try to attend every funeral of their native sons and daughters.

A good many native sons have returned home from far afield simply to be part of the experience.

Part of the mayor's appeal is that Berliners view him as a native son.

In some ways, "Native Son" may have hit too hard.

As native sons and daughters they were a community.

He then became a rallying point for a city that set aside its own troubles to win back a native son.

Technically, Eisenhower was not really a native son, even though his parents moved to this area shortly after their marriage in 1885.

And when they got together, They produced the native son."

In general, resolutions honoring native sons are passed with a simple voice vote.

It could be dicey, even for a native son.

Perhaps the idea of having a native son who became a psychopathic killer is too much to cope with.