Word: beacon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brooks and his group gather every other Friday night to picket the Sack Beacon Hill cinema, asking customers to boycott Sack theaters for that evening. Their grievance: Many of Boston's Sack theaters, which carry all the most popular first-run films, are inaccessible to people in wheelchairs, on braces, or otherwise disabled...
...Sack Beacon Hill theater is the most glaring example Disabled people can see movies there only if they are carried down a long and perilously steep flight of stairs, an experience they find terrifying and humiliating. To make matters worse, exclusive engagements are often shown at the Beacon Hill rathe than at one of the area's few accessible movie houses. Members of Brooks's group point out that even films of special interest to the disabled, such as Coming Home and Whose Life Is It Anyway?, have been inaccessibly screened...
...neophyte adrift in a computer store, it may seem a beacon of simplicity, sanity and humor. Amid all the intimidating machinery and densely technical literature, its plain white cover asks disarmingly, "What are those television-typewriters anyway?" Inside, it offers quaint woodcuts, turn-of-the-century ads and plenty of soothing printed words. No wonder that The Personal Computer Book, at $9.95, has become the fastest-selling computer guide on the market and has made its author, an erstwhile poet and promoter of Transcendental Meditation, something of an overnight celebrity. Peter McWilliams, 33, who wrote, printed and published the book...
Such strong words and responsible action are a refreshing contrast not only with the past four years on Beacon Hill, but also with the tainted machine politics now giving so much publicity to Boston Mayor Kevin H. White. And Dukakis' record for integrity during his last term should convince taxpayers that he will follow through on these early encouraging signs...
...according to Court Clerk Robert Farrell, but "Ted put his hand on her shoulder, and she seemed to regain her composure." Under the terms of what Joan called a "very generous" agreement, she will get alimony, child support, a lump-sum cash settlement, their apartment on Boston's Beacon Street and their Hyannis Port home. They will share legal custody of Patrick, 15; Edward Jr., 21, and Kara, 22, are no longer minors. Said Joan in a written statement: "I share with my husband a strong sense of dedication to our children, who have been the greatest...