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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A borough of northern England northeast of Sheffield. It is an industrial center.

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Examples

  • Webb, who began binge drinking and committing crime aged 11, admitted affray after attacking a man in Rotherham town centre who had earlier assaulted him.

    “Two Years” for Jon Harper Killer « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • To this end he went to live in Rotherham for 6 months, foreswore the Today Programme and the Guardian, switching to Radio 2, The Sun and The Daily Mail.

    Are You A Communitarian ? Newmania 2008

  • To this end he went to live in Rotherham for 6 months, foreswore the Today Programme and the Guardian, switching to Radio 2, The Sun and The Daily Mail.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Newmania 2008

  • To this end he went to live in Rotherham for 6 months, foreswore the Today Programme and the Guardian, switching to Radio 2, The Sun and The Daily Mail.

    Archive 2007-12-30 Newmania 2007

  • Williams as classical tutor in Rotherham Theological College, had been so impressed with Ann Taylor's writtings, and had heard from those acquainted with her so much eulogium upon her personal merits, that he took the singular step, without having seen her, of writing to inquire, whether "any peremptory reasons existed which might lead him to conclude that a journey, undertaken with the purpose of soliciting her heart and hand, could not possibly be successful."

    Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor 1874

  • Staying recently in a South Yorkshire town called Rotherham-described in one guidebook as “murky,” an inadequate word for the place-I was interested to read in the local newspaper how the proprietors of some stores are preventing hooligans from gathering outside to intimidate and rob customers.

    Bach and the Barbarians « Anglican Samizdat 2009

  • Staying recently in a South Yorkshire town called Rotherham-described in one guidebook as

    Latest Articles City Journal 2009

  • Staying recently in a South Yorkshire town called Rotherham-described in one guidebook as

    City Journal 2009

  • But some areas of industrial decline have successfully cut the numbers of neets, such as Rotherham, where schools have pooled experience and worked to spot individual pupils at risk.

    Ten percent of teenagers at risk of joining underclass, says study 2010

  • I'm not sure who "Rotherham" is, so I can't comment on that, but the Ohio example is starting to break down the myths of charter schools, and other studies trashing the voucher private schools myth.

    Central Ohio Charter Schools Performance "Bleak" Jim Horn 2008

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