Word: britishism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...often glimpsed but never captured. Giddy for men of their age and earnestness, they exhibit their high-tech gizmo in a small, unadorned office in a brick, Industrial Age building in South Boston topped with Hollywood-style letters spelling out WORLD SHAVING HEADQUARTERS. John Terry, the elderly, thick-glassed British engineer whose team came up with the design for the successor to the twin-track Sensor, cradles the prototype between his thumb and forefinger as if it were a Honus Wagner. Terry, who has two degrees in metallurgy, talks about his invention as if it were the fax machine...
Patriot's Day is an incredible day in Massachusetts. At dawn, Lexington Common is crowded with spectators for the reenacted approach of the British. After shots are fired and the Redcoats march on to Concord, a parade gives the Americans something to do after enjoying a pancake breakfast. By 10 in the morning, students and businesspeople pour into Fenway Park for a promising game early in the season and then head downtown to cheer on the participants of a certain footrace from Hopkinton into Boston. As the sun sets after a beautiful day, the streets are filled with people...
Patriot's Day marks the April 19, 1775, "shots heard round the world" fired at Lexington and Concord. Ready and armed due to the night rides of William Dawes and the poetically more famous Paul Revere, the Minutemen took aim at British soldiers and pushed Boston and the 13 colonies into...
...Evacuation Day is also on the calendar. Sure, Evacuation Day marks when the English left Boston for good, but something tells me that a dutiful Irish student blessed those Tories when he discovered they had left on March 17, just in time for a shamrock-laden celebration of another British Isle...
...while the 43-year-old Australian is out for the rest of the PGA Tour season, including the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship, it could have been worse if not for a relatively new procedure...