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...somehow, Social Studies 10 managed to escape the chopping block. Instead, the full-year tutorial was separated into Social Studies 10a, a tutorial in everything but name, and Social Studies 10b, a tutorial in everything, name included. Even though Social Studies 10a is no longer officially a tutorial since students cannot formally declare their concentration choice until December 3, it is still a requirement for any student intending to apply to Social Studies, and remains virtually identical in structure to the older model. All other choices for prospective concentrators involve taking two or more social studies tutorials simultaneously in their...
...cutting-edge architecture. And the museum fell along the border between the eastern and western parts of the city, suggesting that it might be part of one of the many deconstructionist paradises that sprang up on land formerly occupied by the Berlin Wall. Instead, I found a stark block of residential towers and an overgrown park set well off Friedrichstrasse, the thoroughfare where Checkpoint Charlie used to stand. The highly experimental architecture of the museum, which opened in 2001, was all the more startling for its failure to conform to its location, a disharmony that filled me with both confusion...
...locals, and tourists snakes around Mass Ave. They are waiting for a crowded table at a hamburger joint that’s soaked in equal parts fry grease and Hollywood kitsch. Don’t they know that there’s a brand-new Qdoba franchise down the block, stocked with burritos, stainless steel, and plasma TVs?Bartley’s Burger Cottage has been packing them in since 1960. “Just good burgers, fast service. I guess it’s an institution,” says Joy Shean, a New Yorker who visits Bartley?...
...loin. I also impulsively purchased some duck foie gras and a carton of figs that were starved for attention in this meat emporium. Then it was off to Formaggio Kitchen on Huron Avenue, about a 15 minute walk from the Yard near the Quad, where I picked up a block of Greek halloumi cheese. My third stop was Cardullo’s in Harvard Square. I had to gather a few items to pull together the dormitory feast I envisioned. As brash and tacky as Savenor’s is sophisticated and unassuming, Cardullo’s sells everything from...
...determined is Hizballah to block the election of a President? "We will do whatever it takes to keep a pro-American President from coming to office," Hizballah said...