All posts tagged "Brandeis"
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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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7.3K1MassachusettsLouis Brandeis Celebrates Hanukkah in 1915
Louis Brandeis during Hanukkah in 1915 delivered a message to the Zionists of America that described the holiday as a celebration of...
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13.9K2Connecticut12 Fascinating Facts About Independence Day
Independence Day from the get-go has been a rowdy holiday with ringing bells, gunfire, cannon fire, fireworks, feasting, speeches and toasts. Over...
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18.7K2MassachusettsBoston’s Rat Day of 1917
On Boston’s Rat Day of 1917, the upper-class women of Boston gave $1.34 for every rat carcass turned in. The numbers of...
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77.6K9MassachusettsMargaret Hamilton, the Woman Who Put the Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong owed his moon walk on July 20, 1969 to a former high school teacher named Margaret Hamilton. It took more...
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22.9K7Arts and LeisureA Star Is Born in Boston: Jon Landau Shows Bruce Springsteen the Future
Bruce Springsteen was about to get dropped by his record company when Jon Landau, a 27-year-old music critic for Boston’s Real Paper, wrote...
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