Word: rutland
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...Rutland, Mass. and Quincy House
...Rutland, Mass. and Quincy House...
DIED. Robert Stafford, 93, former Republican Senator from Vermont who bucked his party as a staunch environmentalist and championed education; in Rutland, Vt. In 2000 Stafford, for whom Congress renamed its Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program in 1988, spoke on his state's debate over gay marriage: "I consider that love is one of the great forces in our society ... what harm does [it] do anybody or any society...
...dressed to the hilt in U.S. national team shirts (and the inevitable baseball hats); there were Elvis impersonators and even some moron in an Uncle Sam outfit. We were rolling. "It's going to be like a snowball, like Lance Armstrong winning the Tour," asserted Christian Kantlehner, 23, from Rutland, Vermont, anticipating a U.S. win. The American fans got a good rhythmic chant going before the game started, (not the usual U-S-A) and sounded absolutely patriotic during the playing of the national anthem. That is to say, they actually sang the words - must have been a well-educated...
...Patterson's sorcery has earned the restaurant at Hambleton Hall, in the English Midlands, a Michelin star. The menu, which uses vegetables and herbs from Hambleton's gardens, changes with the seasons to incorporate game, wild mushrooms and truffles. The hostelry, perched on a slope leading down to Rutland Water, the largest man-made lake in Western Europe, has won a raft of hospitality awards, not least for its relaxed yet flawless service. "Fay ce que voudras" (Do as you like) reads an inscription in medieval French above the entrance. The exhortation was incised in Victorian times but reflects proprietor...