Yankee Doodle (Dandy)
February 12, 2012 by
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Various European countries claim the original of the tune we know as Yankee Doodle, and it was the British who brought the tune to America during the French and Indian Wars. The opening words of the song refer to the fact that when Oliver Cromwell rode horseback into Oxford in 1653 he wore a hat [...]
Yankee sweetens pot with new offer
March 1, 2010 by
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Yankee sweetens pot with new offer
MONTPELIER – Entergy made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to save the Vermont Yankee plant ahead of a critical Senate vote scheduled for today, offering the state a block of cheap electricity for three years if the troubled nuclear reactor is relicensed. … – By DANIEL BARLOW VERMONT PRESS BUREAU
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