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...never really thought about how my food purchases might affect "the food system." Even now I don't share the pessimism and asceticism of the local-eating set. In her 2001 memoir, This Organic Life, Columbia University nutritionist Joan Dye Gussow writes that her commitment to eating locally "is probably driven by three things. The first is the taste of live food; the second is my relation to frugality; the third is my deep concern about the state of the planet." I don't have much relation to frugality, and, perhaps foolishly, I'm more optimistic than Gussow about...
...city should have examined the situation more closely before passing the law. “After all,” Doubet says, “correlation does not equal causation.”The Roxy, in downtown Boston, is just one of the many clubs that have been affected by the change. Views on the new ban depend on whom is asked.“The city did night clubs and kids a favor,” says George M. Kaleva, co-manager of the Roxy, which has an upstairs level for those 21 and over and a downstairs previously...
...Like her previous works, Eisenberg’s latest collection of short stories, “Twilight of the Superheroes,” demonstrates her utter mastery of characterization and transcends petty provincialism, instead exploring complex relationships of all sorts and the various ways in which they intertwine and affect the individual. Though the characters in each story differ vastly from each other in circumstances and personality, they all share the common thread of facing some sort of personal distress. Eisenberg tells each story from multiple perspectives to capture this distress, switching seamlessly from third person narrative to interior monologue...
...glad to see the Allston residents getting involved. The developments will dramatically affect their neighborhood, and they stand to benefit from good planning, so Harvard should—and wants to—hear their thoughts. In the case of the Allston art museum, however, concerns put forth by community are misplaced...
...front of their minds. The committee may think—in the words of committee member and Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan—that it is engaging only in “translation.” It nevertheless holds broad power to affect the educations of a generation of Harvard students by determining the minutiae of implementation that students will have to deal with constantly. We hope the committee uses its power wisely to ensure that both current and future students have a wide range of choice in the classes they take at Harvard.The...