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...house has tremendous importance because it houses 19th and 20th century American materials. It is a research facility that should be open year-round,” said Charles M. Sullivan, the executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission...
Hilles collected many works of art, particularly of 20th century artists who had not yet become famous. Instead of keeping this art for private viewing, Hilles displayed works in her collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston—where a gallery is named in her honor—as well as the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, and galleries at Harvard, Yale and Mount Holyoke College...
...wasn't exactly by the book, but Zacarias Moussaoui, the first person charged in the September 11th terror attacks, entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment Wednesday morning. The man alleged by federal authorities to be the "20th hijacker" stood before Judge Leonie Brinkema in a federal courtroom just miles from the site of the Pentagon attack, and told the court, "In the name of Allah I do not have anything to plea. I enter no plea." So Brinkema entered a not guilty plea for Moussaoui...
Mike didn't notice the second time he was photographed on the job. It happened around the 20th floor in a crowded stairwell of the burning 1 World Trade Center. A Port Authority contractor had grabbed his digital camera on his rush down from the 71st floor and released the shutter just as Mike, a fireman with Engine 28, was climbing to the scene of the blaze...
...great example of a successful war President in the 20th century is F.D.R. In addition to his political genius, he very clearly and consistently communicated to the American people what was at stake and why it was important for the U.S. to take part in this struggle. He created and sustained a solid backing of public opinion...