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...result, many women must abandon their goals of completing a GED program or attending college. But education is the key to long-term financial stability in Massachusetts. Without a good degree, family heads are condemned to poverty-line jobs forever. And a minimum wage job in Boston does not cover the costs of living for a family, especially given the shortage of affordable housing...

Author: By Jean W. Galbraith, | Title: A Second Try for Mothers in Need | 10/27/1998 | See Source »

...completely abandon the river. Cross over to the Business School side as quick as possible and head towards Boston; the path gets especially beautiful near the hatch-shell. Feeling particularly adventurous? Head into Boston and keep your eyes peeled for the State House. On your way back, work your way through the Boston Common and the Public Garden. (About 10 miles...

Author: By Allie M. Fitzgerald, | Title: off the beaten path | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...this, of course, has been especially hard on recent college graduates. The economy forced some students, many probably just as ambitious and promising as ourselves, to abandon their dreams of an extended education and instead join the work force early to help out their families. They were considered lucky, though, if they were able to find...

Author: By Dawn Lee, | Title: Editorial Notebook | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

...cocoon breaks and out of the depths of cynical garage-rock and tortured, pre-millenial angst there climbs a thing of radiant beauty--a wonder of nature so luminous and pure that we can do nothing but raise our tear-filled eyes to the heavens, sigh in complete abandon and carefully begin to shake some serious booty...

Author: By Erin E. Billings, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coughing Bears: Fracturing the Narrative and Other Misadventures | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...join the new globally enlightened class on campus, you may have to lose your meat-eating ways. You may even have to abandon your North Face equipment and start subscribing to the J. Peterman catalog. Drastic changes can be quite unnerving, but considering how fixed our lives become once we've begun our journey to college graduation, an image makeover is probably easier than changing concentrations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Punching the culture club | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

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