Word: duels
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...could communicate to the rest of the firm that I was fine. At the terminal, first responders assessed everyone's condition and sent people to the hospital as needed. As we pulled out of Weehawken my history kicked in and I recalled it was the site of the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804. Thankfully I left town in better condition than Mr. Hamilton, who died of a mortal wound the next day! I stayed with my sister on Long Island that evening, then flew home the next...
...What did Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel over? KGB never responded to this question. Epic failure...
...didn't specify color or type, just the size of his wall. A Houston oilman's wife wrote to the Smithsonian to ask whether the Hope Diamond was for sale. Then there were the two oilmen who loved playing practical jokes on each other; the high point of their duel came when one took a European vacation and his rival erected a full-size roller coaster in his front yard...
Friday night’s match-up pitting the Penn Quakers against the Harvard Crimson seemed like it might evolve into a classic one-on-one duel...
...Harvardians duel strangers for library seats and claw at one another to reach the top of the curve, students across town are tackling a different battle. Think “Bride Wars.” On Tuesday evening, the MIT Students Activities Office hosted the seminar “Gay Wedding Planning 101.” As Director of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgendered services at MIT, Abigail Francis cooked up this guide to getting hitched. “Gay marriage has been on the radar,” explained Francis. Francis was inspired by a “clich?...