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Compared to its more pompous sisters, Bennington is still in diapers. It was founded in 1923 by a Congregationalist minister, with the support of a large group of townsmen. Also helping were the president of Radcliffe, Smith, and Columbia. As one of the countless college catalogues claims, "enthusiasm grew by leaps and bounds." This statement is verified by the fact that when Bennington started classes in 1932 during the blackest depths of the depression, fund-raising was a job fit only for blackmailers...
...within a quarter of a mile of Christ Church, had ruined the view of Folly Bridge, was besmirching Pembroke College with smoke and soot. As if that were not enough, the company announced that it was about to build a new gas retort, 92 ft. high. With that, townsmen, gownsmen, and the entire city council rose in wrath...
...home town of Abilene, Kans., his fellow townsmen were jubilant but dignified. Said Publisher Henry B. Jameson, an early Eisenhower backer: "The people of Abilene are not excitable by nature, but there is some excitement here...
...Enemy of the People" tells the story of a scientist who attempts to help humanity only to have his fellow townsmen turn against...
Undertaker Floyd produced a sheaf of documents and handed them over. Harry read the first sentence and exploded "General Morgan, sir? You're not taking General Morgan today, tomorrow or the next day." Thoroughly aroused, Harry hustled off to warn his fellow townsmen that Cowpens, S.C. (pop. 1,800) had launched a new and bold attack to snatch the body of General Daniel Morgan...