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...it’s hard to take seriously the liquor lobby’s concerns about the evils of expanding wine sales and warnings that passing Question One will cause a drastic increase in underage drinking, drunk driving, and crime. After all, the logical extension of their argument, a blanket prohibition of alcohol (which would be the most effective way to ensure the decline of alcohol-related mischief), would put liquor stores out of business. Indeed, we see little substance in the arguments of the “Vote No” lobby beyond naked protectionism. When voters...
...council, led by Cambridge Director of Information Technology Mary P. Hart, announced plans in February to eventually blanket all of Cambridge’s approximately 6.5 square miles with wireless Internet access. Most of the area around MIT already has wireless access, and the city has recently deployed wireless access throughout Central Square...
...Venezuela, a home can be hard to come by. Some of the poor in Caracas, the capital, have to make do with a poorly constructed shack on a muddy hillside overlooking the city. For others, not even that much is guaranteed. In the dense slums that blanket many hills surrounding Caracas, ramshackle homes are crammed on top of one another, and crime is rampant on the narrow, garbage-strewn streets and stairways. In many places they are vulnerable to collapse in the mudslides often triggered by frequent downpours. Some lack sufficient electricity supply and telephone access, and their water...
...feet. He has effectively eliminated me from his view. My view is now limited to the ceiling above me, and the little I can see between the windows of the coffee table. I lie, finding myself impressed with his architectural vision, until he surprises me with the blanket. The bedspread from my room is carefully spread over the couch cushions until it forms a tent over me, and this is too much. Michael, I have little patience left for you. I am finished with you, and wish you could have seen what I saw. Be grateful, TV Boy. Have respect...
...sort of adversity or obstacle as a result of their sexual orientation, should be recognized for doing so—just like applicants who have overcome other forms of adversity. Ultimately, however, because being gay is a personal matter, more so than being black or being Native American, a blanket affirmative action policy for gay students would oversimplify a complex issue highly dependent upon individual circumstance.This page has a history of supporting diversity. We firmly believe that cultivating a multi-racial, multi-faith, generally inclusive student body from a wide range of geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds benefits a university?...