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Champion Lockpicker Schuyler Towne Can't Be Stoppednew

It's too bad Skip Gates didn't have Schuyler Towne's cell number on that fateful day last month. If he did, the Somerville-based lockpicking champ likely could have gotten in to the good professor's home in no time at all, and a national controversy (and international beer summit) might have been averted.
Boston Phoenix  |  Ian Sands  |  08-06-2009  |  Culture

Forty Years After His Death, King's Legacy Lives Onnew

Like Dec. 7, 1941, Nov. 22, 1963, and Sept. 11, 2001, April 4, 1968 is a date that's forever etched upon many people's minds.
Isthmus  |  David Medaris  |  04-08-2008  |  History

A Queen Among Thievesnew

We can only admire the widow who wiped off her tears and went to work to ensure that the best of her husband's legacy was kept alive in the hearts and minds of Americans of good will.
New York Press  |  Michael Meyers  |  02-09-2006  |  Commentary

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