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...World and donate his fortune to a new seminary college founded in 1636—came the interregnum of Oliver Cromwell and the rise of Puritan rule in Britain. One of the first orders was to ban all theater, viewed as a wicked pastime of the corrupted Crown. In 1642, Shakespeare’s beloved “wooden O”—The Globe Theater—was closed. But by 1660, the Puritan government had collapsed and Charles II took the throne, ushering in the Restoration and a renaissance in the dramatic arts as theaters were...
...apparent death. The 57-year-old former prison officer and science teacher is in custody with Cleveland, U.K., police, who handled the initial investigation into his disappearance. Depending on what charges are leveled, Darwin could face up to ten years in prison, Russell Hayes, a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service, told TIME. While Britain and Panama have an extradition treaty, Anne Darwin indicated she would willingly return home to "face the music." "I don't want to live my life as a fugitive," she told reporters, noting, "The game is up." She added that she originally believed her husband...
...people out there who know exactly where he has been, where he has been living and what he has been doing," he said. Depending on what offense Darwin is charged with, a fraud conviction could earn him up to ten years, says Russell Hayes, a spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service. Hutchinson said police have not spoken to Anne Darwin since the inquest into her husband's death...
...stepsister and bitter rival Yale 37-6 for the Ivy League championship. It could have been the perfect career-ending moment. But it wasn’t, because Pizzotti will be back again next year for his fifth season and to lead Harvard in another quest for the Ivy crown. “It was something I was planning on since the accident my sophomore year,” Pizzotti said. “In the past couple of weeks, I thought pretty hard about it and realized I wasn’t really ready to stop playing football. Harvard...
...special teams adjustments and goal line drills will have to wait—for now, Harvard will celebrate its league crown and say goodbye to seniors whose careers were bookended by Ivy championships...