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...free fall, as starts on single-family homes fell to their lowest level in ten years. Alan Greenspan, President Ford's chief economic adviser, predicted that the nation's business output would decline this spring at an annual rate of 7.7%, while Data Resources, Inc., in Lexington, Mass., saw an 8.1% drop...
...bell ringing in Lexington's belfry summoned the town's militia to the Common early in the morning--word had just come from Paul Revere, a Son of Liberty and messenger from Boston, that the red coats were on the march. In the dark the men, mostly farmers, gathered to listen to the news, and to talk about what to do. The danger wasn't immediate, so the captain of the company, John Parker, dispersed his small force for the time being--some went home, others adjourned to nearby Buckman Tavern to sip a hot, strong brew...
...thanks to Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott and the dozens of other outriders who had spent the day rousing area patriots, thousands of colonials hid in the woods and behind the fences, lining the route back to the city. They routed the British, beginning at Meriam's Corner between Lexington and Concord, and gunned down the straight-shouldered regulars like the ducks in a penny arcade sitting ducks, thus proving the British military machine was not invincible...
Patriots Day was celebrated across the Bay State yesterday, in Lexington and Concord with parades and on Cambridge Common, where Cambridge Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 delivered a traditional address. It was in Cambridge that Revere borrowed the horse that carried him to Lexington. In Cambridge Common, Minuteman and militia from around the Commonwealth camped, sealing the British in Boston. Gen. George Washington arrived to take command of the American troops--and within a year the starved-out British evacuated Boston...
...shoot-from-the-hip amateurs, mostly volunteers, in the audience, Miller invites experts on the subject under discussion. They contribute to the debate, and with their guidance, Miller ends the program with an assessment of how the legal system would settle the issue. The show, says Andrea Pollack of Lexington, Mass., a recent studio participant, "brings the law down to a level where we can understand it." Adds Tom Carlson of Medfield, another guest: "Miller gets the man in the street more interested in the law by giving him a chance to get in on the discussion." Miller...