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Longfellow first began living in the Georgian-style home in 1837 as a boarder but later bought the home. He lived there for the last 45 years of his life...
...back for decades. The N.N.P. won 14 of the 15 seats in Grenada's new House of Representatives. A day later, Blaize, who sported a new gray fedora on the way to the ceremony, was sworn in as Prime Minister at York House, Grenada's yellow brick, Georgian-style government building. He then thanked voters for "showing in such a massive way that they are willing to take command of their own affairs...
...that stony light-heavyweight Georgian whose Olympic misfortune or fortune it was to ignore the referee's signal and flatten a New Zealander on the break. For knocking himself out, he was awarded the bronze medal. Still the broadcasters and promoters took Holyfield over a number of gold medalists, like Heavyweight Henry Tillman, who must have had a Garden seat somewhere, since all tickets were free. From a passageway he watched Holyfield step out against a hardheaded brooder with no choice but to be a fighter. Lionel Byarm has Joe Louis' face...
...intense curiosity about the animal world. Strange creatures and people from the corners of a growing empire drew crowds when they were put on show in rented London rooms; photography had not made all things familiar. The wonders of Africa, America and the Pacific glared peevishly back at the Georgian dilettanti from their wooden dens and dirty straw. "Just arrived from Botany-Bay," ran a newspaper advertisement in 1789, "three new live animals for the amusement of the public, with that 3 singular animal the African Savage, a noble Lion and Lioness, a pair of 3 beautiful Leopards, a Lynx...
...right. Throughout Martin's gradual self-transformation from an impudent reporter into a stately personage, she has always maintained a sharp division between her private and public lives. There is no business entertaining at her handsome Georgian brick home near the Washington zoo (a hired couple do the housework), and when she does go out socially, it is usually a family expedition to the theater or a small dinner with friends. "As a rule, I only go to the kind of thing I give," she says, "a dinner where everyone sits down and has real conversation." The seating...