Word: across
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...today is also the 23rd Great American Smokeout. Today, all across the nation, the American Cancer Society (ACS) is sponsoring events to encourage smokers to stop smoking, at least for 24 hours, and see how it makes them feel. "Prove to yourself if you can quit for one day, you can quit for a lifetime," say the advertisements. Through a variety of programs, from nicotine patches to counseling, the ACS and its partner within the federal government, a branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), are working to make today the first day of a better...
...table next to me notes that girl across from him is "like really perky" for so early in the morning...
...idles comfortably across from the Holyoke Center, occupying the best seat in the Square. It slinks around St. Paul's Church onto Mt. Auburn Street, more graceful than any mere shuttle. It brakes irreverently in front of the Mother Church of Christian Science. It's the fastest way to get to Newbury Street from the Square. Running continuously between Harvard Square and Dudley Station from 4:37 a.m. until well after midnight, the #1 T Bus has a long hard day. If this bus could talk, what would it say? Now, an exlusive look...
...olfactory organs crinkle at the smell of blood and liquor. A man, aged roughly 40, stumbles onto me at the 02139 post office, across from Cambridge City Hall; portions of his face and body are scraped and oozing, and his clothes are torn. Slurring his words, the new passenger says he just fell off his bike and asks to be taken the additional stop to the heart ofCentral Square. As he lunges into the front seat, the other riders recoil; one finally puts out a hand to keep him from falling off his seat. Despite the driver's offering...
Sometimes, even budget talks can be exciting. On Wednesday, one sticking point in a last-minute standoff was resolved when President Clinton accepted an across-the-board spending cut of .38 percent. House Republicans, stung by the widely-held belief that they've given ground on nearly every big budget issue - and that Bill Clinton is once again being declared the victor - were holding out for an across-the-board spending cut of .42 percent, or about $1.5 billion. And since he recently rejected a more substantial one-percent cut, it was unclear whether President Clinton would be willing...