Word: connecticut
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...tradition plays the biggest part of it,” Schreck said. “You go and live in a compound in Connecticut that rowers have lived in since the 19th century. The tradition, the camaraderie—you basically live rowing for seven days...
...Best known for taking just 15 minutes to deliberate before issuing the injunction that stopped the Major League Baseball strike of 1995. Also well known for ruling against a group of white firefighters from Connecticut who were denied a promotion because not enough minority candidates had passed the advancement exam. Has issued few rulings on cultural flash points like abortion...
...early May 2009, Cromitie, Williams and Payen traveled with the FBI informant to Connecticut, to obtain what the plotters believed were a surface-to-air guided missile system and three explosive devices, each containing 30 lb. of C-4. The informant allegedly told them he got the missile and explosives from Jaish-e-Mohammed. The three plotters were then said to have taken the devices back to Newburgh, where two days later, all four plotters met to inspect the devices and discuss logistics...
...Scenes like this stream through Levy's sweeping tribute to Newman, who passed away last September at the age of 83. The iconic actor was both a vintage superstar and an anticelebrity, a man who worked tirelessly to impress audiences even as he built his home in Connecticut, thousands of miles away from Beverly Hills. Newman devoted himself to philanthropy before it was fashionable, turned his back on the Oscars after being snubbed repeatedly (he went so far as to boycott a ceremony at which he was given an honorary award) and remained married to his second wife for half...
...files Kurlansky unearthed - some written by Eudora Welty and Zora Neale Hurston - reveal a weirder, more varied country. "Food is just part of the regional culture that's getting neutralized," says Kurlansky. "When I was growing up, I could tell what part of Connecticut someone was from just from his accent...