Sure, Barney Frank could be ‘really acerbic’ to reporters. But he was never anti-media.
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Worcester vs. Worcester: Massachusetts and England's forgotten soccer matches, 100 years ago
In the 1920s, soccer players from Worcester and its namesake in England faced off in a series of matches.
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