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...supposed conspiracy came to light in the wake of a series of fires that destroyed several buildings, including the governor’s mansion. Even in a city of wooden houses that was—both literally and figuratively—a tinderbox, the number and frequency of the blazes sparked anxiety. And then a slave was caught running from the scene of one fire, and wary New Yorkers–who read all about slave revolts in the Caribbean and South Carolina–began to cry, “The Negroes are rising!” Blacks...
University administrators had previously hoped to avoid making Allston a major part of their current campaign, which entered a “quiet phase” at the start of 2004. The campaign’s public launch was already pushed back in the wake of faculty uproar over University President Lawrence H. Summers...
...beating Harvard with his arm, DiGiacomo’s legs were more than sufficient. Faking a handoff to Hartigan before tucking the ball and taking off untouched, DiGiacomo opened the scoring with a 53-yard dash to the goal line that stunned the Crimson defenders left in his wake...
...Council met once with some members of the Corporation last April in the wake of the March FAS vote of no confidence in Summers’ leadership...
...that no one could have predicted this calamity have been debunked; it was simply that no one had taken the initiative to spearhead the necessary changes. Michael D. Brown, the embattled former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director, is clearly one such specific individual whose guilt was exposed in the wake of the response. And, most importantly, the federal government’s shockingly slow and disorganized response to a disaster of such enormity is worthy of the strongest public reproof. With enough blame to spread all over, any attempt to spin it solely in one direction is misguided...