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Supporters of the recently passed Boston smoking ban promise that, if enforced, it will benefit the health of bar employees and customers (Editorial, “A Breath of Fresh Air,” Dec. 16). There are, however, many ways, relating to health, in which the war on smoking has not been beneficial. Two examples are asthma and obesity...
...would like to thank the Crimson Staff for their editorial regarding the Boston Public Health Commission’s decision to ban smoking in workplaces (Editorial, “A Breath of Fresh...
...press my chin towards my knee, the burn radiates from my hip and spreads down my thigh. I stare out at the jungle and contemplate my decision to come here. It arose from the innocent desire to wash years of living in Hong Kong out of my system. Breath-ing air chunky with particu-lates, eating mercury-laden shellfish and sharing close quarters with almost 7 million sneezing, coughing and spitting people isn't the purest way to live. Daily yoga, fresh air and healthy eating on the beach seemed the perfect antidote...
...family as friends. In some well-to-do households, there is a rite of passage in which the son finally beats the father at tennis. As a teen, Spitzer found himself near that goal one day, closing in for the kill. When his father paused to catch his breath, Spitzer called out, "Mom, Dad is stalling!" The family still talks about the time Bernard cruelly whipped his son in Monopoly...
...agents were drowning in paperwork and lived in fear of offending the higher-ups. "There's a certain pecking order, and it's pretty strong," she said. "It's very rare that someone picks up the phone and calls a rank or two above themselves." And in the next breath she offered specific solutions: Can you give us a computer system that allows us to search phrases like "flight schools"? She was quick to admit what she did not know. When Senator Maria Cantwell asked her what advice she would give the President, she demurred. "I really can't presume...