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...Though "critical situations" rarely occur at Fair Harvard, the men and women of the HUPD are fully trained to deal with shoot-outs, crack busts and grand theft auto--should it arise. Like any other police agents, they attend a six-month training school where they learn the intricacies of criminal law, first aid, CPR, court procedures, self-defense, patrol procedure and firearm training. Think police academy, but without Proctor. Each officer packs a gun, along with other implements of destruction like batons and mace, for stunning even the most rabid pre-med intent on stealing a little nitrous after...
...would like to learn how to file my taxes because I've always had my dad do them," the senior says. "And auto maintenance--maybe we'll take apart...
...crowd are guilty of nothing more than youth and inexperience--but that can be a dangerous combination behind the wheel. Eide, 45, worked at a clerical job in a hospital emergency room in the 1970s and witnessed a steady stream of car-crash victims. Citing dramatic reductions in teen auto accidents in Florida, one of the first of 37 states to adopt some form of graduated licensing, she boasts, "This bill comes with a guarantee to save lives...
...plot itself is marvelously simple--an elegant story about an auto mechanic (brooding Nino Castelnuovo) drafted to fight in the 1950s French-Algerian War and the girl (achingly lovely Catherine Deneuve) back home. It could be a country song, or a classic short story, or a Doctor Zhivago epic. But the film's sense of place--capturing the wetness, char and sadness of provincial Cherbourg--and its compassion for all the characters sets it apart. I would love to say it's the story that gets me. But when I recall the film, that's not what comes back...
...site is linked to http://www.basict.com.basict.main.htm, which has similar cameras set up in cities such as London, Washington D.C., and San Francisco. The Harvard Square camera peers from the office of Car Talk, a national radio show and newspaper column, and can be accessed from their website. Along with auto-related humor and more off-the-wall topics, Car Talk hosts Tom and Ray explain on the link that the camera mimics their daily activity: staring numbly out of their window. And when the voyeuristic entertainment loses its thrill, thereis always Time Kill Central (http://cartalk.cars.com/Time-Kill/), another wonderful discovery...