Word: hancock
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...amidst 450 acres of sweeping lawns and arching elms, Andover brims with history. Paul Revere engraved its seal; John Hancock signed its charter; George Washington addressed the school in 1789 (on horseback). English classes meet in a cupolaed schoolhouse designed by Charles Bulfinch in 1819; red brick Georgian-style buildings, many built through the beneficence of a Morgan partner in the 1920s, grace the campus...
Tepper said the demonstrators used grants from about 45 co-sponsors, including the John Hancock Insurance...
...that have engulfed the city during the past winter, the worst in 30 years. The day after the seagulls returned to International Falls, Minn., a traditional sign of spring in the coldest town in the lower 48 states, a fierce ice storm hit Chicago. Huge shards fell from the Hancock Center and Sears Tower onto the streets below, and electric lines gave way in downstate Illinois, leaving nearly a million people without power...
...which leaves from behind that house. Disembark when you hear violins and French horns. You will be outside Symphony Hall, the home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra--try to catch one of their concerts some time during the week. Or walk down Huntington Ave., away from the John Hancock Building, and stop when you see a horse to your right. The building behind the statue is the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring an exhibit of Rembrandt etchings. Beware--the MFA is closed on Mondays, but open every other day. Other points of interest: The Gardner Museum and the Museum...
Businessmen, of course, do not judge Carter solely on economic issues; like other citizens, they are still trying to make sense of the President's personality. Many have concluded that Carter is a headstrong man who cannot believe he is ever wrong. Says Matz of John Hancock: "I think that it has become clear that he brings to the job his own values as a Georgia-born and -bred peanut farmer and he does not have much use for other people's values. He operates less on consensus than other Presidents have...