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...crusade to find Communist sympathizers, directs his attention again at Harvard Yard. This time, McCarthy orders the investigations of Instructor Leon J. Kamin ’48 and Associate Professor of Physics Wendell H. Furry on their past Communist associations and were required to give testimony in Boston??s Federal Building. The Crimson later publishes a series of six editorials criticizing Furry and Kamin for their refusal to speak about their activities in the respective trials...
After all, I could be pontificating about the dirty cop bust in Boston the other day, or the protests of Boston??s biotechnology conference being staged by radical groups. I could have even scrutinized Peter J. Gomes’ deliciously supercilious photograph—replete with puffed chest, disdainful scowl, and gleaming white pocket square—in the recent New York Times article, “Matters of Faith Find a New Prominence on Campus.” Although in light of the proposed, anti-bullying legislation being debated in the Massachusetts State House, perhaps...
...roots of the native New Englander’s inexhaustible ardor for all things Red Sox lie in Boston??s lack of celebrity culture and its patriotic heritage. Money and power are less revered in Boston than in other cities. Perhaps this is because there is no Hollywood or Wall Street in our backyard, or maybe it stems from the working class, Irish and Italian immigrant roots of so many locals. Whatever the reason, it means that the New Englander craves heroes distinct from the highfalutin socialites and power-mongering business elites assayed endlessly in other cities?...
...nothing unites Sox fans more than our hatred of the New York Yankees. We view Red Sox-Yankees matchups as battles between Boston??s working class, egalitarian values and New York’s brash, money- and power-crazed culture. We loathe Yankees owner George Steinbrenner’s endless spending to concoct an army of clean-cut automatons. We are also disturbed by his dictatorial management style and megalomaniacal personality. In fits of rage, Steinbrenner will publicly denounce underperforming players and regularly purges his team of these traitors...
...Week” and commemorate Duke Ellington’s birthday. Sax diva Grace Kelly will be playing at Borders in Back Bay. 511 Boylston St., Boston. Saturday, 7 p.m. Free! Rock On Do you like cheap concerts? The Casual Fiasco and The Brew are playing at Best of Boston??s Paradise Rock Club and Lounge. Rock on. 967-969 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Friday. $10 Jazz it Up! Give your ears a rest after Third Eye Blind with jazz-latin fusion vocalist Marta Gomez at the nearby Regatta Bar. Who knew such good music was so close...