Word: quakers
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Late 18th century Boston and Philadelphia had a stronger material culture than any other cities in America, but the old Puritan and Quaker distrust of the graven image and preference for the Word had delayed their appreciation of painting (as distinct from furniture or silverware)...Art was mere "limning" and, as Copley complained to West in London, people "regard it as no more than any other useful trade...like that of a Carpenter, tailor or shoe maker, not as one of the most Noble arts in the world. Which is more than a little Mortifying...
...suit names the former superintendent and medical director at Fernald, four MIT scientists, the two Harvard Medical School doctors, three former employees at Fernald, a representative of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the state Department of Mental Retardation and the Quaker Oats Co., which helped fund the experiments...
...Although we lost that last game to Dartmouth,I don't think that can take away from what weaccomplished this season," Delaney Smith said."The people...the team mechanics...this was aspecial group of women."CrimsonE. Houston WuA Quaker wisely gets out of the way ofcaptain TAMMY BUTLER...
...Quaker righthander Mike Shannon was named Ivy League Pitcher of the week for his shutout performance in the nightcap...
However, the top performer in the Ivies last week was Penn attackman Andy Crofton. Crofton netted 6 goals and dished out 3 assists in Penn's 18-17 loss to Cornell, and tallied four goals and five assists in the Quaker's 19-6 thrashing of Lafayette. For these outstanding performances Crofton, Penn's fourth all-time leading scorer, was named the Ivy League Player of the Week...