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1822: Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding. Remarks Tuesday, July 9th Commences with light variable winds with Thunder and Lightning and Rain —

1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4 and walked on the beach, returned home and bathed. At 8 a.m.. barometer 29.47, thermometer 87, wind south by west 4, clouds 10. About 10 last night had a nice shower. Read papers. Matilda and I went to Alexander Patterson’s after tea. 1898: Pvt. 1933: Ernest Hemingway, fishing with Capt. Joe Russell of Key West, caught a marlin that was 12 feet, 8 inches and weighed 468 pounds. They were fishing in Cuban waters. 1942: The merchant vessel Nicholas Cuneo was sunk 66 miles southwest of Key West by the German submarine U-571. 1947: The...

March 12, 2021 By Bill Brink wbrink(through)andrew.cmu.edu During RaShall Brackney’s senior year at Carnegie Mellon, she ran out of money. No student loans, no Pell grants, and financial aid covered room and board, but not much else. She was forced to withdraw, and entered the Pittsburgh Police Department. “You’re young, you’re small, you’re a woman,” one of the men in the department told her upon entry. “These streets are tough, and you’ve never done anything in these streets except maybe cross one.”   Thirty-seven years later, Brackney is the Chief of Police i...