Word: josiah
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...split became official in December 1984, when the College severed all ties with the clubs. Since then Epps has spearheaded the College's assault against the clubs--somewhat ironically, since his son, Josiah T. Epps '98, was head of the punch for the A.D. Club as an undergraduate...
...argued that democratic citizenship was fundamental to American identity. Recognizing that the people are sovereign, but "only insofar as they succeed in reaching and expressing a collective purpose," Croly concluded that by the 20th century, we could only fulfill our democratic potential by becoming "frankly, unscrupulously, and loyally nationalist." Josiah Royce, one of Croly's contemporaries, suggested a human-scale approach to nationalism. Specifically, he argued that we should seek "to train national loyalty through provincial loyalty...
...Market was named for Josiah Quincy, the mayor who in 1823 designated the site for the public sale of produce and fruit...
...April 19... six scholars marched off with the Minutemen" and in a footnote proudly points to the fact that only 16 percent of Harvard graduates were on the rebels' list of Tory sympathizers. The campus itself--which according to President and member of the Class of 1790 Josiah Quincy's bicentennial history had served as the seat of government since 1769--heard of the shots in Lexington, ejected tea-drinking students and prepared to host the first meetings of the Continental Army...
...reason that we hate Barney isn't that he spends all his ill-gotten PBS gains on crack whores and heroin. It's because he's freakin' annoying. Although I have to admit, it was delightful to see the word "peccadilloes" in print. --Josiah J. Madigan...