Word: brighton
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...member Ohio Education Association, the state's dominant teachers' organization, has threatened to apply sanctions unless the legislature votes additional taxes. The O.E.A.'s first step would be to discourage teachers from teaching in Ohio. Says Stayner Brighton, the association's executive secretary: "The real problem in Ohio is that we tax at the lowest level of any state.* We think Ohioans should know that if taxed at the national average, we would provide $600 million a year more for schools...
Winston Churchill liked to start the day with a bit of grouse and a dollop of caviar. These days at 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Wilson often greets the morning with a plateful of steamed turbot. For passengers on the daily Brighton Belle train to London, it is buttered kippers or poached eggs on haddock. At certain inns across the countryside, morning brings York ham, Lancashire black pudding, deviled kidneys and broiled mushrooms. Indeed, Somerset Maugham's classic gustatory advice to overseas visitors still holds: one can eat well in Britain if one eats three breakfasts...