Word: rutland
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Curiously enough, not much is known about his life. Jones was a clothworker's son, and he began his career as a journeyman painter. Quite early on, in his mid-20s, he went in the Earl of Rutland's retinue through France and Germany, and then to Italy, where he may have spent five years. How he afforded that stay is a mystery; one theory holds that Jones, who never married and may have been homosexual, was kept by one or another of the powerful exquisites of the Elizabethan court, the Earl of Essex or the Earl of Southampton...
...typical returning traveler. Arrested last December when he applied for a visa at a U.S. consulate in Australia, Beane won a court battle that allowed him to stay in that country. Instead, he voluntarily decided to return to the U.S. so he could visit his ailing father in West Rutland, Vt. But when he landed at Los Angeles airport, U.S. marshals arrested him, and the Marine Corps later officially charged him with desertion and other crimes related to his Viet Nam days. If convicted, Beane could face life imprisonment. Christine Beane, the mother of the former Marine, said...
...Bethel, a town scattered across the Kuskokwim River delta, there is apprehension about what budget cuts will mean. A region in western Alaska the size of Oregon, with about as many residents as Rutland, Vt. (pop. 18,436), the delta is representative of problems throughout the state. For example, the just completed $4 million Yukon-Kuskokwim youth correctional facility will probably never open its doors. There is no state money to operate it. "So much of our economy has been artificial," says City Councilwoman Diane Carpenter, speaking of a generation of pork-barrel construction projects expensively built on pilings above...
...reason that Killington is so popular among singles and college students has a lot to do with its extensive nightlife. The ski area is only minutes away from Rutland, Vermont's second largest city, and that puts several low-cost eating and lodging facilities within easy reach of budget-conscious skiers...
...Killington (802 422-3333) take Interstate 93 to just south of Concord, New Hampshire. Exit onto Interstate 89 North and follow it to the Rutland Exit in Vermont. Then take U.S. 4 West. Killington is at the junction of U.S. 4 and Vermont...