All posts tagged "1970s"
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14.0KConnecticutWhat the Insider’s Guide to the Colleges in New England Said in 1972
In 1972, undergraduates at the Yale Daily News published The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, an entertaining but blatantly sexist description of...
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12.2K2Arts and LeisureGrizzly Adams, Boston Shoemaker, Driven to the Mountains by Lawyers
Grizzly Adams might have gone down as a minor legend in the wilds of California had a fatal injury not taken him...
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27.4K6ConnecticutHow the Wild Turkey Vanished, Then Returned, to New England
For many years the only place you could find something called Wild Turkey in New England was on a liquor store shelf....
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40.0K5ConnecticutThe West Indies Send Sugar, Slaves and Red Sox Stars to New England
For four centuries, the West Indies have made an outsized impact on New England. In 2018, West Indian stars and a West...
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13.5KNew England PlacesSix Historic Gardens
Historic gardens have a special appeal to New Englanders if only because of our harsh winters and long dreary springs. Though they...
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15.9K1Arts and LeisureSix Epic College Pranks
College pranks have been part of the college experience since at least the 13th century, when Oxford students sent a prostitute to...
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