Word: easterlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Where did Boys Town get all its money? Mostly from $1 and $2 donations solicited twice a year, at Christmas and Easter, by the town's highly organized mailing campaign. Roughly 34 million letters go out each year explaining that Boys Town is a "City of Little Men" and that a small contribution "can help bring happiness to other homeless and unwanted boys." It is a simple poverty-pitch appeal, hardly consonant with Boys Town's present wealth. It was originally devised by Ted Miller, a membership solicitor for the Loyal Order of Moose, who joined Father Flanagan...
Following Whitelaw to Ulster were 600 more British troops, bringing the total number there to 15,000 men. They were sent to keep the peace during Ulster's traditional season of marching, which began last weekend with the Catholic commemoration of Dublin's 1916 Easter Rising, and ends with the Protestant parade of the Apprentice Boys of Derry in August...
...I.R.A. boldly declared Ireland a republic on Easter Mon day, but the "Easter Rising" was crushed by British troops...
...trip will open in Greenville, S.C. the day after Easter with a match against nationally ranked Christ Church School. On Tuesday, the team will travel to Athens, Ga. for a meet with the University of Georgia. They will then go to Hilton Head Island, off the coast of South Carolina for some individual matches, and the trip will end Thursday in Jacksonville, Florida as the team meets Furman University...
...motion, which was passed by a large majority, read: "Because student members need more information about the candidates in general and because we feel more discussion is warranted concerning the HSA report released today, we hereby move that the elections for the Board of Directors be held sometime after Easter...