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...think the compromise was done by the citizens. We voted to accept what the citizens recommended...
...must accept higher housing densities in parts of Cambridge to bring down demand on the existing housing stock. Graduate and faculty housing is an especially attractive option, since such housing can be built in a dense configuration and may include deeded affordable units. We must also continue to allocate CPA and other funds to build new affordable units...
...what one commentator called "the personification of free China." Slim and graceful, clad in a black cheongsam, she wooed, wowed and chastised her spellbound listeners with a blend of compliments, barbs and pungent assertions. "We in China are convinced that it is the better half of wisdom not to accept failure ignominiously, but to risk it gloriously," she said. After she sat down, a Congressman confessed, "I never saw anything like it. Madame Chiang had me on the verge of bursting into tears." At the age of 105, Madame Chiang died last week in her Manhattan apartment...
...that I am ADHD; if they don't like that, well, then too bad. In eighth grade, we were given nicknames ("most likely's," actually) and mine was Miss Hyper! It didn't bother me. I think it showed my classmates are cool with it. My teachers are very accepting of my condition, but I find it difficult when a teacher does not know I am allowed extra time on tests. I used to feel guilty about getting extra time, but now I accept it because I know I need...
...night, she has lain so still for so long that her hands have curled into claws; nurses wedge napkins under her fingers to prevent the nails from piercing her wrists. "She would hate being like this," says her mother Joyce. "It took a long time to accept she wasn't getting better." If they chose, the Cruzans could slip into Nancy's room some night, disconnect her feeding tube, and face the consequences. But instead they have asked the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to end their daughter's life. The Cruzan petition not only marks the first time...