All posts tagged "Boston University"
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18.9K2MassachusettsTiticut Follies, The Documentary Film About a Madhouse So Shocking It Was Banned
Titicut Follies exposed the sordid and cruel treatment of prisoners in 1966 at Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane in Bridgewater,...
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13.7K3Arts and LeisureWhy the Ghost of Eugene O’Neill Haunts a BU Dorm
Eugene O’Neill lay dying in Room 401 of the Sheraton Hotel in Boston just before Thanksgiving in 1953. For years he had...
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14.3K3Arts and LeisureDorothy West Gets Rediscovered by Jacqueline Onassis
Dorothy West at 88 lived quietly in the Martha’s Vineyard village of Oak Bluffs when Jacqueline Onassis encouraged her to finish her...
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10.2K2Arts and LeisureClarence DeMar Proves Running Isn’t Bad for the Heart (And Wins the Boston Marathon)
Clarence DeMar survived a Dickensian childhood and bad medical advice to win the Boston Marathon seven times, despite taking two long breaks...
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7.6K7MassachusettsHow Henry David Thoreau Studied Climate Change (Without Realizing It)
Henry David Thoreau studied climate change unintentionally when he recorded in his journal the exact dates that plants, shrubs and trees blossomed...
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12.3K10Arts and LeisureNew England Patriots History, or Why There Are Still Giants Fans in New England
New England Patriots history began with an unlikely cast of characters, a decade of homelessness and an early success followed by years...
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