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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lifford took up an interest in squash during junior high in Boston, where he moved at the age of eight. At Belmont Hill, Doug helped his team capture the New England Interscholastic Championships...

Author: By Michael J. Laritgue, | Title: From the Playground to Hemenway Gymnasium | 2/3/1989 | See Source »

...electricity that supplies Harvard and many of the homes and business in West Cambridge and Belmont comes from a station owned by Boston Electric to a substation in Alewife. It is transmitted through the Com-Electric's Alewife Bulk Cambridge station, Desroches said...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Hilton, | Title: City Hit By Power Failure | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

...eyes moved vertically, and their mouths shouted "Woman!" and "How ya doin'?" Brooke's friend Dave, who said he frequents the Sports Bar to all of his old Belmont Hill buddies, explained that most of the women in the bar were not Harvard types. "Pine Manor," he said, pointing to a nearby table in the second room...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: We Came, We Saw, We Drank | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...Belmont parental expectations are high. Parents typically work in high- pressure, top-dollar professional jobs around Boston. In many families both parents work full time, as Josh's do. Success is trumpeted at Josh's school, as it is in Josh's family. More than one-third of the Maisels in his father's generation made Phi Beta Kappa. In Belmont some 90% of high school students go to college. Many fear dire consequences if they do not get into the "right" college, and competition for those cherished spots is keen. "In Belmont it's the gold medal or nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: Josh, Belmont | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Like all the other ninth-graders in Belmont, Josh took a semester-long health class taught by Joan MacClary. Josh filled his notebook with all sorts of facts: for example, alcohol reduces sperm count, though he noted in parentheses that "it will go back up." And Josh knows that because he weighs about 100 lbs. he would be legally drunk after three drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: Josh, Belmont | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

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