Word: canton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Minister in Memorial Church, who presented the award to Lebowitz at last night's benefit concert by cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76, praised Lebowtiz for his work with children in Canton, Mass who are victims of spina bifida...
...capital not only because of its beauty and its convenience but also because of its unique traditions and style. It is dedicated to neutrality, like the rest of Switzerland, and yet it is not at all like the rest of Switzerland. It was the last territory to become a canton of the Swiss Confederation, in 1815, after centuries of independence. Its patriotic holiday, known as the Escalade, commemorates the December night in 1602 when an old woman roused and saved the sleeping city by throwing a pot of soup at the invading troops of the Duke of Savoy. Geneva sheltered...
Geneva lost its independence to the French Revolution. France, which almost completely surrounds the city, annexed it in 1798, but after the fall of Napoleon it finally became the 22nd canton of Switzerland. By then it was just a peaceful backwater. Franz Liszt came here after eloping with the Countess d'Agoult, and he composed a piano piece inspired by the city's church bells. "Happy is he who can stay long by these shores," wrote another aristocratic visitor, Lord Byron...
...Lawrence is in Canton, 10 minutes from Potsdam, but also an eternity from civilization. The nearest major city to either of these places is Ottawa...
...hour off. Though the cutback had been announced in advance, it still proved a rude jolt. Workers who were accustomed to cycling home for lunch found themselves forced to eat near their jobs; since few offices have canteens, employees jammed into crowded restaurants cursed with slow service. Schoolteachers in Canton even asked their supervisors for a < return to the two-hour recess to give students enough time for a meal at home...