Word: englands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...interesting young men and women in limericks are from New England cities. The Midwest has its share...
Dissent, to be sure, did not go unpunished. A popular saying of the day held that "a Tory is a thing whose head is in England and its body in America, and its neck ought to be stretched." Schoolmasters, physicians and merchants whose only offense was their adherence to Tory principles were all harassed; some were tarred and feathered, others found their homes and property confiscated. Some 100,000 American loyalists fled to Britain or other exile havens. As one group of them departed, General Washington dryly noted that "one or two have done what a great number ought...
...Bostonians. They have long clung to the notion that there's something special about the Red Sox. This self-deception is a product of New England provincialism, and has been blown out of proportion by the often unbelievable Boston newspapers...
...Englanders, the world is divided into two parts: New England and elsewhere. Because the Red Sox are the lone baseball team to inhabit this hallowed ground, it has been assumed by local fans that they must be perfect, and that only the cruel workings of fate could prevent them from winning the pennant. Fate has been awfully cruel for the last 20 years...
Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. He is Primate of all England and titular head of the 42 million member Anglican Communion...