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...Busch. Aside from his sardonic tone to describe our town—one would think that a writer for such a publication would think of something more witty than the easy target “Dixfield”—he egregiously misquoted our town’s motto. Upon entering Dixfield, drivers are greeted with signs reading “The Only One,” not “It’s the only one,” as Busch wrote. This seemingly slight error reads as carelessness on the part of the writer...

Author: By Ray Bragg, | Title: Dixfield, Maine Is Misrepresented In Postcard | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

...residents of the building are not necessarily whom you would expect to be living in place whose motto is “fire and blood.” Sure, if you walk through the dining hall at mealtime you can probably overhear a group of elderly women and middle-aged spinsters talking about Jesus’ daily presence in their lives. But most of the residents are young women, studying, working, or interning in the city...

Author: By Sarah E.F. Milov, | Title: A Woman’s World | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

With the official motto, “A great place for kids to learn and grow-in,” and a de facto mantra, “We emphasize ‘camp’ for emphasis,” Camp Chunder Camp has proven to be more than fodder for summer postcards printed in Cambridge’s only breakfast-table daily...

Author: By Matthew A. Busch, | Title: Bucolic Bacchanalia | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...Dixfield, the town known best for its singular motto: “It’s the only one.” Words I am finding germane to describe most things I have encountered as I let time slip slowly by during my summer away at camp...

Author: By Matthew A. Busch, | Title: Bucolic Bacchanalia | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...Booth leaps to the stage, but his spur catches on a draped flag. He breaks his leg in the fall. Fleeing, Booth shouts "Sic semper tyrannis" (Thus always to tyrants), the state motto of Virginia. Some say he added, "The South is avenged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Behind the Legend | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

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