Word: concorde
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...writer is a summer school student from Concord...
...issues and spent months offering little more than platitudes. She was for better schools (the hot topic this year), more jobs, less crime and "digital" leadership based on "horizontal" decision-making. Harman is sharper than that, but hasn't often proved it. At a women's political caucus in Concord last month, her appeal was so generic and gender-based--breast-cancer research, abortion rights, child care, and her signature wrap-up line, "May the best woman win"--that some in the audience were left shaking their heads. "She was asking for my vote because we're both female," said...
Patriot's Day is an incredible day in Massachusetts. At dawn, Lexington Common is crowded with spectators for the reenacted approach of the British. After shots are fired and the Redcoats march on to Concord, a parade gives the Americans something to do after enjoying a pancake breakfast. By 10 in the morning, students and businesspeople pour into Fenway Park for a promising game early in the season and then head downtown to cheer on the participants of a certain footrace from Hopkinton into Boston. As the sun sets after a beautiful day, the streets are filled with people...
Patriot's Day marks the April 19, 1775, "shots heard round the world" fired at Lexington and Concord. Ready and armed due to the night rides of William Dawes and the poetically more famous Paul Revere, the Minutemen took aim at British soldiers and pushed Boston and the 13 colonies into...
...start of the successful War of Independence is warmly cheered in Massachusetts and Maine, its former annex, on the third Monday in April, with re-enactments, fairs and a marathon to mark the event. The towns of Lexington and Concord plan their year around Patriot's Day. Even people beyond New England sometimes join in the fun: when Patriot's Day falls on April 15, accountants in New York also cheer, because the federal government allows the taxes of New Yorkers as well as Bay State residents to be filed a day later...