Word: prescott
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...late 1970s, a recently divorced Anne Worthington Prescott ’52 found herself in need of solace...
...Prescott found laughter in the fourteenth-century English poet’s texts—they cheered her up when she says she should have been depressed. Soon Geoffrey Chaucer permeated her life...
Agent Williams wrote the memo on July 5, detailing his suspicions about some Arabs he had been watching, who he thought were Islamic radicals. Several of the men had enrolled at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. Williams posited that bin Laden's followers might be trying to infiltrate the civil-aviation system as pilots, security guards or other personnel, and he recommended a national program to track suspicious flight-school students. The memo was sent to the counterterrorism division at FBI headquarters in Washington and to two field offices, including the counterterrorism section in New York, which...
...Battle of Lexington. Seasoned spectators stood on ladders and drowsy yet curious small children perched on their fathers’ shoulders to get a good look at the action. Coveted viewing positions were occupied by 4 a.m. At 6 a.m. sharp, a Lexington Minute Man playing messenger Samuel Prescott rode up to the green to deliver the message that the British were, indeed, coming. Soon after, about 120 reenactors portraying British regulars marched up the road and confronted the Minute Men holding the green. The redcoats were booed by the umbrella-toting crowd. Tension rose among the crowd and reenactors...
...become one nation. Many people have renewed their faith and have different priorities. The American people are reaching out to others. We may pause, because things have changed, but Americans realize that we are more thankful for family, friends, health and our country than ever before. JESSICA PRESCOTT-LUNT, AGE 16 Fayetteville...