Word: portsmouth
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...number of encounters with the Portsmouth High School Band (it was Partsmouth, N.H. Day in Fenway Park). We stood attentively by the goals posts as they played the "Star Spangled Banner," then calmly watched them turn and march right down the field toward us. It seemed only logical at the time that they would break ranks right before they reached the goalposts, but one of the two groups obviously needs a lesson in logic. Almost before I realized what had happened, I found myself staring deep into a tuba as its owner relentlessly marched onward. Somewhat dazed, I looked...
Four of the eleven U.S. Government shipyards are on the list. McNamara's choices were based on a slide-rule cost-performance analysis that indicated that, "in summary, Philadelphia stands out as the single best shipyard to retain under all factors evaluated, while Portsmouth and New York [Brooklyn] rate lowest as the shipyards rating retention." Next to Philadelphia, the analysis showed that Boston ranked as "most desirable to retain because of its proximity to the North Atlantic sailing routes and to ships home-ported in the area; and because [its elimination] produces the smallest savings...
Problem of History. McNamara's greatest public relations problem was in doing away with a fair number of installations that are, if nothing else, steeped in history. One was the Portsmouth, N.H., naval shipyard, which has been making American warships since the days of John Paul Jones. Since Portsmouth (pop. 27,800) depends almost entirely on the economic base provided by the shipyard (7,300 employees, an annual payroll of $61.6 million), McNamara put forth a ten-year phase-out schedule for the installation...
Cape May City, N.J., for instance, has applied for funds to restore the old Victorian mansions that were built in the 19th century when the place was a stylish summer resort. Portsmouth, N.H., has a grant to restore the town's colonial atmosphere. But certain cities can be taken as exemplary...
...DEREK BOSHIER, 27, invents jazzily colored bewilderments that he calls "geo-art." Portsmouth-born Boshier was baffled by math in school, but found in art a personal arithmetic. His colors are rainbow, his brushwork invisible, his imagery a camouflage that creates the illusion of depth while flatly defying the painting's artificial edge. A modest but highly confident chap, Boshier says: "All the images I use have very much to do with presentation, the idea of projection-rather like the phrase '20th Century-Fox presents' in the movies. These images come from a social condition or setup...