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Massachusetts pointedly held official functions such as court sessions on Christmas Day into the eighteenth century -- long after the law had been repealed and the colony's ultra-religious charter overturned by England.

Chris Weigant: The Real "War on Christmas" Chris Weigant 2011

Massachusetts pointedly held official functions such as court sessions on Christmas Day into the eighteenth century -- long after the law had been repealed and the colony's ultra-religious charter overturned by England.

Chris Weigant: The Real "War on Christmas" Chris Weigant 2011

Hong Kong, then a British colony, had amassed the evidence but had been reluctant to publicize it in the run-up to the colony's fraught return to mainland sovereignty.

The Way to Fight China's Hacking Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

Journeying forth to the big city in search of help, Flik mistakes the members of a broken-down flea circus for puissant warriors, brings them back home and presents them as the colony's saviors.

Oy Story: 'Cars 2' Is a Dollar-Driven Edsel Joe Morgenstern 2011

However, citing concern over Hong Kong's 1997 return to Chinese rule, the company began easing itself out of the colony's legal and regulatory framework in 1984.

Jardine Matheson Names Next Chief Polly Hui 2011

My most recent "far-out" flash arrived midway through a week-long affair at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre CA when I found myself enthralled by a lone ant dashing frantically about in pursuit of its colony's Missing Persons Bureau.

Michael Sigman: Meditation Retreat: The Good, The Bad And The Surprises Michael Sigman 2011

They were simply meant to protect religious minorities from the colonial era practice of requiring church attendance and support for a colony's established church.

Lawmakers Must Shield School Choice Reforms From Lawsuits 2011

They were simply meant to protect religious minorities from the colonial era practice of requiring church attendance and support for a colony's established church.

Lawmakers Must Shield School Choice Reforms From Lawsuits 2011

My most recent "far-out" flash arrived midway through a week-long affair at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre CA when I found myself enthralled by a lone ant dashing frantically about in pursuit of its colony's Missing Persons Bureau.

Michael Sigman: Meditation Retreat: The Good, The Bad And The Surprises Michael Sigman 2011

The name appears in the colony's 1663 Royal Charter and is on the state seal and many official documents.

Rhode Island Keeps 'Plantations' In Name The Huffington Post News Editors 2010