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...doesn't take long to find out who's king of the road in Freiburg. "Hey! Are you blind?" shouts an imperious cyclist as a pedestrian ambles into a dedicated cycle path. Bikes, trams and buses whiz through the center of this medieval city, but private cars are conspicuously absent. That's because for the past 20 years, this university town nestled in the Black Forest in southwestern Germany has reduced the use of cars by laying down a lattice of bike paths, introducing a flat-rate fare for all public transport, and expanding bus and tram lines. Commuters from...
...near the CVS pharmacy, and a lingerie store. During the meeting, owners split up into small groups and wrote their brainstormed ideas onto 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...
Those strategies are being shaped absent any real knowledge of what Fitzgerald might do before the grand jury's scheduled dissolution on Oct. 28. "If he played his cards any closer to the vest, they'd be in his underwear," says a lawyer who is a friend of the White House. But Fitzgerald's intentions aren't the only mystery. Another character in the drama remains unnamed: the original source for columnist Robert Novak, who wrote the first piece naming Plame. Fitzgerald, says a lawyer who's involved in the case, "knows who it is--and it's not someone...
While racial incidents have not happened here, that does not mean bigotry is absent, cautions Kwame Owusu-Kesse ’06, the former president of the Black Men’s Forum...
...Absent from the field for the Crimson’s first offensive series, Dawson returned to action for the subsequent drive but seemed at less that full strength all day, tallying 59 yards on the ground. Although he did gain 60 more yards receiving, including a 52-yarder, the Lehigh front line successfully loaded the box to keep the All-American in check...