Word: falmouth
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...fact, as long as the Colonies have almost no naval forces available, New York is virtually indefensible against strong sea and land attack. Worse, whether it is finally occupied or not, it can easily be destroyed by naval fire, as Falmouth in the Maine District was set ablaze last year and Norfolk, Virginia, was burned down in January. If New York citizens were less notably Loyalist (an estimated two-thirds of the city is owned by Tories), Howe's gunners could reduce the city to ruin...
...Allen, 38, the argumentative hero of Fort Ticonderoga, is giving almost as much trouble to the British as he did when he was commander of the Green Mountain Boys. Seized last year after launching a premature and ill-considered attack on Montreal, Allen was shipped to a castle near Falmouth, England. He was not hanged, apparently because the British feared reprisals. He is now on a British frigate sailing along the American coast ?a possible exchange for some captured English officer. Word of Allen's fate came from a fellow prisoner who jumped overboard from a ship...
Located on twelve acres of leased land near Falmouth, the institute focuses most of its attention on a growing scientific concern: that the Green Revolution may be failing. As Todd explains it, the use of pest killers to maintain the revolution's high-yield grains has triggered a vicious cycle: "Soils decline in quality, which in turn makes crops more vulnerable to pests or disease. This creates a need for increasingly large amounts of pesticides and fungicides for agricultural production to be sustained." As a result, says Todd, he shares "the disquieting feeling that we are witnessing the agricultural...
Died. Dr. Hans Albert Einstein, 69, son of the late famed physicist, and a professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, who was best known for his researches into the transportation of sediment in flowing water; following a heart attack; in Falmouth, Mass...
Died. Josephine P. Boardman Crane, 98, pioneer of progressive education, in Falmouth, Mass. A philanthropist and founder of the New York Museum of Modern Art, Mrs. Crane was the original sponsor of the Dalton Plan, a much-copied experiment in education adopted in 1919 in the Dalton, Mass., public school near her home. The plan, now the basis of New York's Dalton and many other schools, permits students to work at their own pace, freed from daily assignments, provided they meet a set goal...