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...when she linked the two families to a common ancestor. "I tried to connect them years ago anticipating that they would come together in the 1700s," she says. "I was amazed that they went further back, and thrilled with the impact of this finding." There is a 15-generation span between George Fry and his wife and the Fry ancestors today...
...Institute of Politics (IOP) is opening its doors this spring to a new crop of resident fellows whose collective experiences span the issues of the modern political landscape: elections, globalization, and the environment. The six one-semester fellows, announced yesterday, hail from Ireland, Indiana, and places in between. They will lead study groups where students can gain a firsthand perspective on public service, and work with undergraduates on special projects. In addition to several politicians and political journalists, the institute also selected an environmental advocate as a result of student interest, IOP Director Jim Leach said yesterday. The fellows include...
...after the show is over, I’ll go home and read Emerson and Steinbeck and write notes about what happened in the 1870s rather than what some other people in the business are known to do after shows,” Strauss said in a 1991 C-SPAN appearance...
...goal by stuffing a rebound past Richter. “I think that we work too hard for goals to allow a few slip-ups to end in prime scoring opportunities,” MacDonald said. Princeton also wrestled a 1-0 lead away from the Crimson in a span of five minutes in the third period on Saturday night. While the team acknowledges the need to maintain focus for the full 60 minutes, part of Princeton’s quick comeback was a fluky goal when the puck found a Tiger exiting the penalty box with a clear path...
...India's leading experts on market strategy and consumer issues, warns against easy generalizations about India and its liberalizing economy. She encourages businesses to look at the country through multiple lenses. All manner of factors are at play in Central Market: varied demographic, psychological and cultural characteristics that, countrywide, span more than 29 different languages spoken by over a billion people, across half a dozen major religions, hundreds of castes and ethnicities, and significant regional differences. In Central Market, this syncretism is visible in the food carts: the snack of choice continues to be north Indian favorites chaat (a savory...