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...Italy, Bregantini declared: "This isn't just about Locri. All of Italy's political autonomy is at stake." The high-profile murder has raised fears in Rome that the growing brazenness of 'Ndrangheta could escalate into a bloody war against national authority, like the one that erupted in the 1980s when the Cosa Nostra sought to tighten its hold on Sicilian society and politics. Life is already bleak on this southern tip of Italy's boot-shaped peninsula. The honest people of Calabria struggle just to get by in one of Europe's most economically depressed corners, where nearly...
...large notepads. While many attendees disagreed about economic problems such as rents and parking prices, other topics garnered much support. Although mentions of Harvard University were absent from much of the discussion, there was a palpable sense of nostalgia for the past—the foot traffic of the 1980s and a reinvigoration of independent businesses. Those in attendance offered concrete suggestions about stores that are missing from the Harvard Square mix. Owners expressed wishes for a centrally located grocery store, an Apple computer store, more liquor licenses, and fewer banks. They also expressed a desire to provide what...
...size, generally reside in their embellishments. Braiding, grommets, colored leather and pleating are all par of the course on these bags, in which excess is premium. They are usually slouchy and slightly ironic, a throwback to the drug-induced, suede-swathed seventies or the shoulder-padded largess of the 1980s. For those of us Harvard students who are not a size two, but still want to participate in this trend, there is something eminently practical about a bag that is as large as a rolling suitcase that you would take on a heritage trip to Malaysia. First...
Fallon, who sat in on Tribe’s constitutional law class for a semester in the mid-1980s, said that “Harvard students should be thrilled” by Tribe’s new course offering...
...1980s drew to a close, attention turned back to what remained of Radcliffe. Though Harvard had subsumed nearly all its administrative roles, the one-time women’s college still retained control over several buildings’ worth of space. In 1990, under renewed pressure from campus activists, Radcliffe administrators set up the gender-neutral Lyman Common Room (LCR)—one more try at something resembling a women’s center...