All posts tagged "Cranston RI"
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3.8KArts and LeisureThe Story of Love Story: How Erich Segal Won Fame and Lost a Career
Before he wrote Love Story in 1968, Professor Erich Segal was a star on Yale’s campus. Not because he taught ancient Greek...
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4.5KConnecticutThe Brahmin Rough Riders of New England
Some people believe that the Rough Riders were almost all cowboys from out West. After all, it had earned the nickname “The...
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6.1KBusiness and LaborHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Narragansett beer survived Prohibition, but it couldn’t escape the government. Not because government agents tried to shut down the brewery during Prohibition,...
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40.6K9Arts and LeisureHow To Talk Rhode Island
To talk Rhode Island requires more than a passing knowledge of the expression ‘No school Fosta Glosta’ or the difference between a...
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20.1K2Arts and LeisureYogi Berra Hits His Way Through New England (Sometimes Under an Assumed Name)
Yogi Berra might never have starred for the New York Yankees had he not talked his way onto the Navy team based...
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14.4K13Crime and ScandalThe Murder of Amasa Sprague, and the Irishman Persecuted for the Crime
On a cold and snowy New Year’s Eve in 1843, Amasa Sprague finished a large family dinner in his Cranston, R.I., mansion...
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