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Pity. His only problem was that he was born too soon. Nowadays, his Beacon Hill accent and Andover education would get him places in Boston society, where it's almost respectable to be Irish, as long as you don't talk about it. While New York is witnessing a rebirth of Irishness, the Boston Irish are moving to Milton. Wellesley, yes, even to Dover, and trying desperately to bury their past, their customs, and their culture. These days, most of the people who line Dorchester Street and West Broadway for the St. Patrick's Day Parade are Harvard undergraduates, newspaper...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Ancestors and Immigrants | 4/17/1972 | See Source »

...allright with me, cause I live on Beacon Hill...

Author: By R. MICHAEL Kaus, | Title: The PLP-LP | 4/13/1972 | See Source »

MAURICE RAVEL was the composer for his time and his country. In France when the American exiles had taken over Paris, when Les Six were beginning to compose, Ravel's music expressed the spirit of the age, the wistfulness, the anger, and the hope. He was a beacon to the younger generation of musicians, the example they tried to follow...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Evening of Ravel | 3/18/1972 | See Source »

Sounds for Peace, a benefit concert sponsored by the Beacon Hill Support Group for Vietnam Peace Action. Rock groups, some from the Black Musicians Workshop; folk singers Bonnie & Doug. and Rose; piano-and-flute team; congo drums players; others. At the Paulist Center Auditorium, on Park St. opposite the Common...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: music | 3/16/1972 | See Source »

Senator John F. Parker (R-Taunton) opposed the bill. He said Wednesday that any change in the charter of a city government should be made by people living in the city and "not by the politicians on Beacon Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate Approves Bill to End PR Voting in City Elections | 3/10/1972 | See Source »

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