East West Bank

'Mimic War' no more: 'Little Phil' and 'Old Jube' get serious.(Battle of Charles Town)(Event overview)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 4030 words; ...Sheridan. In addition to Crook's Army of West Virginia (informally known as the VIII...Winchester while the Yankees squatted just east of Charles Town, protecting the Baltimore...feature was Opequon Creek, whose steep banks bisected the ground north to south between...

Bayonets at midnight: after British troops captured the river fortress at Stony Point in 1779, George Washington was determined to drive them out with force and fixed bayonets.(Report)
Military History; 1/1/2010; 4239 words; ...small forts at Stony Point on the west bank and Verplanck Point on the east bank, which Clinton immediately...Ferry the British also menaced West Point, just 12 miles upriver...from where he could protect West Point without exposing his army...

Low-hanging fruit: can collecting leftover produce help us re-envision the world?(gleaning)
Earth Island Journal; 1/1/2010; 2417 words; ...executive director of the Bellingham Food Bank in Washington, often gets phone calls...and secular, urban and rural, on the East and West Coasts, and throughout the heartland...of two-dozen outlets, such as food banks and group homes. "We deliver to whatever...

The 50 BEST Winter walks
The Independent - London; 12/26/2009; 3846 words; ...castle-combe.com) 5. Ashdown Forest, East Sussex Also known as the Hundred Aker Wood...Malvern ridge is visible from most of the West Midlands, rearing suddenly skywards out...and back down again, partly hugging the banks of the Wye. Distance 5 miles (www.ramblers...

London
The Independent - London; 12/26/2009; 1895 words; ...Hungerford Bridge (2) to the South Bank, whose most notable landmark...City of London to the north and east, and the West End. Take a hike The South Bank...and other attractions to the east. So instead head west from the Oxo Tower, perhaps...