Word: philadelphian
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There is a marvelous mystery that Scouten is nurturing for the White House bicentennial celebration. Only one eyewitness account exists of the laying of the cornerstone on Oct. 13, 1792. An unknown Philadelphian related in a letter that the Freemasons had paraded from Georgetown to the site, placed a plaque between two stones, then returned to "Mr. Suter's Fountain Inn, where an elegant dinner was provided," followed by 16 toasts. The celebrators understandably forgot to record where the cornerstone and plaque were laid...
Although they were not supposed to change the substance of what the convention had so far decided, it was hardly accidental that all five were strong-government advocates, and that one of them was Madison. The actual writer was Gouverneur Morris, a one-legged but rather rakish Philadelphian who boasted what he liked to consider a muscular prose style. And prose styles do have an effect. The convention had given the committee a draft that began: "We the undersigned delegates of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay" and so on. Morris rewrote that so it began: "We, the People...
John Bernheimer, a senior at Belmont High School who plans to take Harvard up on its Early Action offer, made it as far as the semifinals Saturday, where he was knocked off by Philadelphian Nehrbas. Bernheimer had defeated the Crimson's sixth-ranked Kevin Jernigan in the quarterfinals...
...Cunha Staff Writer Penn, 23-21 Brown, 10-9 Columbia, 24-10 Princeton, 31-17 3-2 28-12 .700 Wally Rutecki '83 Wide Receiver Cult Figure Guest Selector Harvard, 24-17 Dartmouth, 17-14 Cornell, 28-7 Princeton, 21-10 Henry P. Shapiro Associate Business Manager Native Philadelphian Guest Selector Penn, 21-17 Dartmouth, 28-14 Cornell, 20-10 Princeton...
After all, an Olympian dream comes in the bargain. "I want to ski the down hill course where Bill Johnson won the gold medal," states Philadelphian John O'Neil. Though he cannot understand the words, Rizo Uzicanin recognizes the glint in the American's eye and beams at him from his stall in the old Turkish market. Such tourist fantasies are warmer to Uzicanin than the handcrafted woolens hanging from his shop front. "I've been on this corner 64 years," he says, "since I was a boy of seven with my father. We have never seen the prosperity that...