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Dancing for the Long Haul
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What a treat it was to meet Frederic Franklin, our 2007 Dance Teacher Lifetime Achievement Award winner, this month. You might expect a former star of the Ballet Russe, a legendary danseur and partner to such legends as Alicia Markova and Alexandra Danilova, to be intimidating and cold. But Mr. Franklin was exactly the opposite. Pointe Editor Virginia Johnson, who worked with him for many years at Dance Theatre of Harlem, gave fair warning when she told us, "He really is the nicest man." And ...
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No Sitting On Sidelines For Franklin; Parents, Disabled Son Meet Daily Challenges
The Washington Post
; Ten-year-old Franklin Thompson stood at the huge family-room window of his Ashburn home, head bowed, fingers clenched around his aluminum walker. His glasses made a tinging sound on the window pane as he leaned forward to gaze across a field toward the Ashburn Ice House. As on countless Friday
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Margaret M. Richardson; Lifelong Franklin resident loved being with family
Concord Monitor
; FRANKLIN - Margaret M. (Uniac) Richardson, 96, of East Bow Street, died Saturday, April 22, 2006, at the Franklin Regional Hospital following a period of failing health. For the past four years, Margaret had been a resident at Golden Crest in Franklin. She was born in Franklin, March 5, 1910,
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Franklin is leaving its troubled past behind
Concord Monitor
; Polyclad Laminates, one of Franklin's major employers, announced last month that it's leaving town. Its New Hampshire operation has become yet another victim of a global marketplace that has sent much of America's manufacturing to Third World countries. What Polyclad will leave behind, however, is
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Stealing Benjamin Franklin's stove: a new identification for the "Ironmonger in London".(Essays)(Critical essay)
ANQ
; Late in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, we find this discussion of the Franklin Stove and the pamphlet Franklin wrote to explain that invention: I wrote and published a Pamphlet Intitled, An Account of the New-Invented Pennsylvania Fire Places Gov. Thomas was so pleas'd with the Construction of
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Verna M. French, FRANKLIN -; Worked for hospital, insurance company
Concord Monitor
; FRANKLIN -- Verna M. French, 77, formerly of North Main Street, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, at the home of her daughter in Franklin. She was born in Danville, Vt., on Feb. 11, 1928, the daughter of Napoleon and Nellie (Powers) Paradie. A lifelong resident of Franklin, Mrs. French was employed at
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