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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...
...from a Big 10 school, Dawson’s quick success at Harvard has surprised pretty much everyone except himself. Coming into last season, he was senior Ryan Tyler’s backup. But when Tyler went down with an injury to his ribs, Dawson—literally and figuratively??took the ball, ran with it and never looked back...
...Sept. 11, 2001, the American landscape was forever changed—literally and figuratively??by the terrorist attacks that brought down the towers and cut short 2,823 lives...
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