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...citizens, the Big Dig has been an ongoing annoyance for half a lifetime. Even the most patient resident has become exasperated as streets have disappeared and jackhammers have kept their sweet music going throughout the night. However, the brobdignadgian(!) scale of the operation deserves some respect from the most avid Dig-hater. Aside from the occasional 17th century bowling ball, most of what gets dug up is--that's right--dirt, enough to fill Foxboro Stadium to the rim 13 times. Some of it is being used to cap the various dumps around Boston, including one in Boston Harbor...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, | Title: Dig This. | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...towards Porter Square to let your tortured-artist personality emerge at the Lizard Lounge. (You know you're there when you see a gargantuan lizard plastered to an otherwise bland piece of aluminum siding.) The Jeff Robinson Trio presents "Jazz and Poetry"--enough poetry to titillate even the most avid of English concentrators. 1667 Mass Ave. 547-0759. FREE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LISTINGS | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

With an audience composed of skeptics and avid fans of "The X-Files," the Harvard Secular Society's presentation "Skeptics vs. The X-Files: The Paranormal and the Media" drew mixed responses from a crowd of 50 last night in the Science Center...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Skeptics Find Fault With Media Portrayals of Paranormal | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

...group started last fall so avid runners would have company during their thrice-weekly treks...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Road Runners | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

While the spectators at Weld Boathouse were a welcome sight to the Radcliffe rowers, sometimes the more avid spectators can be a bit distracting...

Author: By Haley Steele, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Heavyweights Take 14th | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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