Word: englands
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...favorite riot, funny until it turned fatal, occurred at New York City's Astor Place Theater in May 1849, when factions supporting two rival Shakespearean actors--William Macready, the mincing traditionalist from England, and Edwin Forrest, the obstreperous, furniture-chewing American--became so violent at Macready's performance of Macbeth that the militia was summoned. The militia opened fire, and 22 boisterous theater lovers died...
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...while, what he was seeing could not have pleased him. The haze that surrounded his plane as he first climbed into the sky did not disperse, largely obscuring the fingernail paring of a moon that was out that evening. Stars were probably erased completely. Up and down the New England coast, other pilots began flying into the same soup. A number of them radioed the FAA for permission to land at alternative, inland airports, where visibility was better. But Kennedy, who never made radio contact throughout the trip, pressed on. Below his right wing, he may have seen the eastern...
...Republicans--and the Bushes, in particular--running away from Connerly? It may be partly out of principle. George W., the self-described compassionate conservative, has staked out a moderate position on race not far from his father's New England Republicanism. He has come out for "affirmative access," a deliberately vague term that seems to include race-based outreach to minorities, something Connerly's initiatives prohibit...
...host a Caribbean Brunch or a New England Clambake, but former Harvard Dining Services (HDS) employee Christopher Pappas is putting his skills to use in a kitchen of his own--The Low Fat-No Fat Gourmet Cafe and Juice Bar, his new Watertown restaurant...