All posts tagged "Bath"
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9.9K1MassachusettsMarvin Makinen, The Spy Who Got Left on the Cutting Room Floor
The 2015 Tom Hanks film Bridge of Spies tells the dramatic story of Bill Donovan, an insurance lawyer called on to defend...
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13.4K4Rhode IslandLillian Gilbreth, Genius in the Art of Living
Lillian Gilbreth hated the best-selling book written about her in 1948 because it depicted her as a sweet, stay-at-home mom who deferred...
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9.8K2Business and LaborThe Panic of 1907 and the Maine Man Who Caused It
You might suppose the Federal Reserve banking system was begun in response to the great stock market crash of 1929, but it...
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49.1K7ConnecticutThe 6 Tallest Trees in New England
Once New England had the greatest forests and the tallest trees in the world. They were a major attraction for English colonists...
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11.8K2Arts and LeisureThe L Street Brownies New Year’s Plunge Starts With Washing the Unwashed
The L Street Brownies annual New Year’s Day plunge had its beginnings with pious reformers who wanted to wash the unwashed —...
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71.6K32ConnecticutU-Boat Attacks Of World War II: 6 Months of Secret Terror in the Atlantic
On Jan. 13, 1942, German U-boat attacks officially started against merchant ships along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. From then until...
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