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When it comes to early American history, very rarely does it get better than Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. A short list of her credentials says it all: MacArthur Fellow, director of Harvard’s Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, James Duncan Professor of Early American History, recent Harvard College Professor designate. Being a hell of a writer doesn’t hurt, either...
...wine list alone made me feel like I had stepped into a European restaurant without even booking a flight. I had the Louis Latour Grand Ardeche with my Chicken Roti—a roasted chicken dish with laurel, garlic and butery goodness. The mixed green salad, assorted with a surprisingly sweet mixture of pickled grapes and butter-doused raisins, was a perfect compliment. In keeping with his Jersey roots my date had beef and fries, though at Metro the dish is called Steak Fritte. We finished the meal off with a pear tarte topped with caramel walnut ice cream...
...least some of the five were probably staying at the nearby Valencia Motel in Laurel, one of the cheapest motels on a rundown stretch of Route 1. Gail North, a former housekeeper at the motel, did notice that the men were exceedingly private and barely nodded when neighbors said hello. But they never did anything suspicious enough for her to speak up. When the manager at a nearby hotel refused a full refund to one hijacker when he checked out early, the man showed no emotion and didn't make a fuss...
When investigators realized Flight 77's hijackers were recently in Laurel, staying at a run-down motel and working out at a Gold's Gym, they questioned Laurel resident Moataz Al-Hallak. The imam was accused of having ties to Osama bin Laden in the trial of a conspirator in the 1998 East Africa bombings...
...Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has created quite a following. Her girl-power quote has graced pins, mugs, and even a manifesto website by one “Lordess Ariel the Third Esquire.” Now, Ulrich bumper stickers are the latest rage. The company “one angry girl designs” (motto: taking over the world, one shirt at a time) takes feminism to an entirely different level...