Word: popham
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Generally, investors got into this private, no-prospectus game through a trusted family friend. In our case, the trusted friend was an affable, debonair fellow named Stanley Chais, who ran the Brighton and Popham investment groups for decades. We were in two sub-groups of Brighton, and they were small, 10 to 15 people - possibly so they would fly under regulator radar, victims now tell me. Brighton, it turns out, fed the money into Madoff. I'd sit next to Stanley at year-end holiday parties and, knowing my family's money was in his hands...
...English settlement of America impacted our nation in interesting ways [May 7]. A decade of archaeological exploration confirmed that in June 1607, a settlement was established in "northern Virginia" at what is now Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine. This colony lasted just over a year, but the colonists managed to build a 30-ton, 50-ft., shallow-draft vessel they named Virginia, which explored the coast and crossed the Atlantic twice. Four hundred years later, Maine is still recognized as home to the best boat builders in the world. From elegant yachts to Bath Iron Works' naval destroyers, Maine...