Word: bays
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...summer, grownups gladly pay to see what used to be considered kids' stuff. (Ever heard of Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider-Man or Shrek?) TRANSFORMERS, those '80s playthings, are getting an adult makeover. Exhibit A is the new Bumble Bee, right, once a toy, but in action director Michael Bay's hands, a much more looming presence. And this one's a good...
Despite hailing from the Bay Area, I rejected popular hometown options such as Stanford, Cal, and Santa Clara, opting instead for the greener pastures of College Park, Md. Though I had to suffer through years of Duke’s domination, it was worth the wait...
...Crown Victoria to a $1,166 per month Cadillac, and installing $27,387 worth of furnishings for his office. Though after these expenditures came to light he agreed to reimburse the state for them, Patrick’s decisions have almost completely undermined his strong rhetoric on slashing the Bay State’s expected $1.3 billion deficit. It seems more than a tad hypocritical to force state agencies to tighten their belts while the governor splurges on leather seats and drapes. Most troubling, however, has been Patrick’s now-notorious decision to call Citigroup executive Robert...
...least 15 states, however, have adopted a minimum dropout age of 18, netting diplomas for a vastly larger population. Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 recently proposed such an increase here, and we join him in his call for a better education for all Bay State teens. Although many upper high-school courses may not be relevant to a student’s plans in the here-and-now, they still contribute to his or her personal growth. A 16-year-old high-school dropout may already have the skills...
...Lampoon members captured and held hostage the Sacred Cod that hangs in perpetuity over the House chamber in the Massachusetts State House. This wooden cod’s effigy both symbolizes the importance of fishing to the Bay State’s early economy and serves as an unofficial good-luck-charm to representatives. As a result of its disappearance, Massachusetts state police were forced into conducting a statewide cod-hunt; woebegone representatives refused to legislate without their fish...