Word: rowes
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EXECUTED. STANLEY (TOOKIE) WILLIAMS, 51, co-founder of the Los Angeles gang the Crips, who while on death row for the murder of four people in 1979 became renowned for his antiviolence work, including a series of books he wrote urging children to stay away from gangs; by lethal injection; despite his claims of innocence and appeals for clemency, supported by such activists as Snoop Dogg and Joan Baez but denied by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the U.S. Supreme Court; in San Quentin, Calif...
...Franklin's house at 36 Craven Street in London is downright modest. George Washington inhabited a grand estate at Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Thomas Jefferson built Monticello, an elegant mansion, in the same state. But for 15 years, Franklin was a tenant in a simple four- story Georgian brick row house on a street off the Strand near Trafalgar Square. The house's interior is handsome but spare, reflecting the thrifty nature of the man who popularized the proverb, "A penny saved is a penny earned." On Jan. 17, the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, the famed inventor-diplomat...
...Franklin's house at 36 Craven Street in London is downright modest. George Washington inhabited a grand estate at Mount Vernon, Virginia, and Thomas Jefferson built Monticello, an elegant mansion, in the same state. But for 15 years, Franklin was a tenant in a simple four-story Georgian brick row house on a street off the Strand near Trafalgar Square. The house's interior is handsome but spare, reflecting the thrifty nature of the man who popularized the proverb, "A penny saved is a penny earned." On Jan. 17, the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, the famed inventor-diplomat...
...schedule and attend the best academic institution in the country. These five months have given me so many experiences and memories that have extended far beyond books and classes. Without Harvard’s generosity, I never would have had the opportunity to jump on the Red Sox bandwagon, row on the Charles River, tailgate before The Game, walk through the snow to class, or dine in the home of President Summers...
...contests have set the team back once again. “They’re reeling a little bit right now,” Donato said. “After getting the ship righted and playing some real good hockey, they’ve lost a [few] in a row.” “But they’re a very proud team, a very talented team,” he added. “Obviously, [when] you look at their preseason rating”—second in the conference coaches’ poll and third...