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...that same feeling an hour later as I wandered around the Copps Hill Burying Ground, reading the gravestones of people named "Dorcas" and "Mehetabel." A bunch of squealing children disturbed the peace, and their mother wavered helplessly behind them, calling, "Wait. I said to wait." But to no avail. The children skipped merrily on, chanting "Don't walk on the grass. Don't walk on the grass...
...Dicato, assistant manager of Copy Quik on Mass Ave., says the store has spent $400 on "help wanted" ads this month alone, to no avail. "We almost have to beg them to work," he says. "Students don't want to make $6 or $7 an hour anymore, so keeping them on is really hard. It's been bad for about six months. Right now, we'll hire just about anyone with half a brain...
...Italian police last week began investigating rumors that the statue was taken from an illegal excavation in Sicily. Getty officials countered that they had attempted to check the same rumors last year -- to no avail. The case grew hotter when Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, claimed that the statue had been taken from the Sicily site to Geneva, then sold to the Getty by an English dealer. Museum officials called Hoving's allegations "purely speculative...
...protest. He agreed with most of the goals, but did not think "demonstrating" an effective tool. Emotional binges are like staying up all night -- they throw one's schedule off. Vote, if that will do it; argue, if you have to; and if votes and arguments will not (yet) avail, then do not waste time lamenting. On the busing issue, he refused to join either camp, suggesting there must be a third position that would serve to end discussion, not continue...
...uprising. To Awad's supporters, the verdict was a stunning example of a legal double standard: thousands of American Jews, they point out, are permitted to hold dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship indefinitely. Secretary of State George Shultz appealed directly to Shamir to revoke the deportation order, but to no avail...