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...committed to egalitarianism, civic participation and other ideals expressed through tropes of the stoneworkers trade: the square for straightforward virtue; the compass to circumscribe one's passions; the plumb line to stay upright. There was little religion but much ritual, which enraged churchmen and engaged conspiracy theorists, who still flood the Web with Masonic villainies, but it posed no problem for the Deists, who frequented the Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin joined in Philadelphia and later guided Voltaire through the order's mysteries. Colonial lodges, says Masonic historian William Moore, offered "a civil space in which to play with self-rule...
...held elections in 1993 and received millions of dollars in aid and investment, the Khmer Rouge found itself on the sidelines politically and economically, unable to buy the motorcycles and television sets that were proliferating across the country. A small trickle of defectors in the early '90s became a flood by 1996, when cadres in the gem-mining town of Pailin, the other principal Khmer Rouge base, joined the government side...
...water issue was replaced by a drainage issue. After showering, the water in the tub would come up to our knees. We had to use a trash can to bail out the water so that the next person in line to use the shower would not drown or flood the place. We feared that tensions would flair up and we'd kill each other in such confined quarters, but after a while, we found the situation comical and made the best...
Most journalists like to think they'd go through anything to win a Pulitzer. It's doubtful how many would want to experience this: A brutal flood that ravages their newspaper, their printing plant and most of their homes. A fire that destroys their offices and archives. Every last material possession burned to the ground or washed away...
...elementary school, printed it out of Minnesota and handed it out for free. This Tuesday, they got their payback: A Pulitzer for Public Service journalism, one of the highest awards a newspaper can receive. News editor Jeff Beach took it in stride, remembering "that special time during the flood when [the paper] was being snapped up at all the refugee centers... I think that meant more than the prize." That may be so, but the Pulitzer won't be amiss at the Herald's newly constructed newsroom...