She took on the task partly, she says, because she felt the college owed something to the town: in the early years of the century, when colleges for women were still rare, the citizens of New London collected money and donated the land for Connecticut College, which is now co-ed.

ECONOMIST: Urban development

Mr Chope told MPs it was a misuse of a private bill to extend the powers of local authorities "at the expense of ordinary citizens in London" when it was not being done elsewhere in the country.

BBC: London Local Authorities Bill

The ad hoc grouping of religious, community and left-wing groups, under the umbrella of the Strangers into Citizens campaign, created a festival atmosphere in London's drenched streets.

BBC: Trafalgar Square rally

The London Olympics were grist to its mill and to that of many ordinary citizens.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

They may even be, as was true of the London bombers last July, legally present and, in some cases, citizens.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A war to the death

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking in London, said the United States was working round the clock to ensure the safe return of its citizens.

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