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...book Congressional Government. Presidential leadership languished in the more than 30 years between Lincoln's assassination in 1865 and the (accidental) accession of Theodore Roosevelt to the White House in 1901. These years of a diminished presidency led James Bryce to write the famous chapter in The American Commonwealth (1888) titled "Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents...
...Oversized luxury cars just don't mesh with the puritan values of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Car companies throughout Cambridge, Boston and even Cape Cod refuse to deal in extravagant vehicles. "Eight passenger limousines are as big as we go," explained one Cambridge Limo representative. One stodgy New England limo firm mentioned that they serve fruit juice to underage riders, instead of champagne. How considerate! When in doubt, import from New York...
...there, take the green B-line from Park Street to the intersection of St. Paul's Street and Commonwealth Avenue...
Harvard will now head to New Jersey to play in the Princeton Invitational next Saturday and Sunday. With the tougher matches against William and Mary and Virginia Commonwealth under its belt, the Crimson will look to get in the win column against some Ancient Eight foes...
...This seems to be not what the Commonwealth had in mind [when they made universities exempt from property taxes]," Born said during the meeting...