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...legally carry mace or any chemical irritant in Massachusetts, you must obtain a valid firearm identification card (FID)—a process which, in Cambridge, requires proof of U.S. citizenship, proof of Cambridge residence, fingerprinting and background checks. There is a fee of $25 for the license and an extra $20 fingerprinting...
Nissinen notes that he was very impressed with Harvard dance students’ ability to learn combinations quickly and their considerable background in ballet...
...right now. Those aforementioned cruel SAT bubbles only allow space for last names fifteen letters long. “Hinniker-Schoenberg” turns into “HINNIKERSCHOENB.” After they get into college, hyphenees also face discrimination based on what that hyphen says about their background. During the Pring-Wilson trial, CourtTV analysts speculated that the defendant’s hyphen might make him appear richer and haughtier than he deserved. The result? An innocent hyphen might be responsible for Pring-Wilson’s six to eight years in the slammer...
...emphasizes the further difference between which exist printing processes themselves: The impassioned detail that the lithograph crayon permits the artist to inscribe leaves this work somewhere between painting and etching. The dynamics of the painting (while altered) are amplified in the lithograph, such that we are even aware of background details in it that we have to return to the painting, squinting, to pick...
Gane noted that Pring-Wilson’s privileged background meant he was able to hire high-priced defense attorneys, while a working-class Hispanic male in the same situation might have only had a court-appointed lawyer. “If Colono stabbed Pring-Wilson, Colono might be doing life right now,” Gane said...