Word: patriotes
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...British rule from the very place names. Calcutta's Clive Street (India's Wall Street) had been renamed Netaji Subhas Road to honor the late Bengal leader, Subhas Chandra Bose. He was a traitor in British eyes for helping the Japs; but to Indians Bose was a patriot. The holy Ganges would revert to the Sanskrit form, Ganga. Madras would become Chennapatnam. The city of Rajahmundry would become Rajamahendravaram, which would be harder to spell, but since 87% of Indians could not write that would not matter so much...
...warmup parades on Patriot's Day--one in Lexington and the other in a Boston parade--gave band members some spring training for next fall's impressive schedule. A trip to Virginia will highlight early-season play, while the customary New Haven trip will close out the schedule. Two new medleys, one each for Boston University and Virginia, promise to continue the string of successful band originals...
...Edwards, local handleader-drummer and himself a disabled vet, has contracted to play at the affair. His ten-piece band and vocalist will keynote the informal dance, scheduled to run from 8 to 12 o'clock on Patriot...
...source of power-coal, water or oil. An economic revolution was at hand. To lead that revolution some Republicans and some Democrats did not want David Lilienthal. Some military men did not want him either because they thought he was naive and did not know a Red from a patriot...
...library was added by one of the four owners. The first of these, and the householder who played a large part in the Revolutionary saga of this area, was John Hicks, who built and occupied the house in 1762. Hicks was a carpenter by day and a burning patriot by both night and avocation. Although carpentry took his work-time, his days were rounded out by tax-collecting for the colonial government. Hicks' activities with the colonial treasury were cut short when funds intended for the British governor never reached Boston, and Hicks, more patriot than larcenist, was arraigned...