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...This is in contradistinction to Quincy House, less than a block away, with its obscenely ugly brick façade and food which The Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard describes as “pretty wretched” and “among the worst on campus.” Thus it is perfectly logical that first-years stranded far away from Annenberg would prefer Adams House to its neighbors like Quincy—their eschewing an icy winter trek to Annenberg being reasonable as well...
...corner of a dilapidated brick coffee mill, Lindsey Bolger is deep in concentration. Outside the window, the lush cloud forest of Mexico's Veracruz state stretches to a blue-green horizon, and hummingbirds dip into the wild hibiscus. The American, 40, closes her eyes, bending over a row of 12 white cups on a round metal table. Each contains coffee from the new harvest, toasted at 400F in a small roaster on the counter. Bolger shakes each cup and sniffs deeply. "I'm looking for defects," she says. "Underripe beans, overripe beans, sour flavors, mold. If even one bean...
...camera and my open notebook are telltale signs that we’re a bit out of place. The entry dead-ends into a wider corridor, which stretches a quarter mile in one direction, providing access to Leverett. That’s not today’s Yellow Brick Road, however—we turn the other way, past offices crammed into tight corners and down the hall into the main area...
Until that time, the threats are everywhere. Just four weeks ago, Dhahir narrowly escaped another attempt on his life on his day off. When his driver arrived at his home, Dhahir spotted something dark and rectangular, the size of a brick, on the driver's door. It turned out to be 2 lbs. of plastic explosives wired to a 9-volt battery and stuck to the driver's door with a strong magnet. It would have detonated by remote control or when the car radio was switched on. Dhahir called in two police officers to dismantle the bomb. Why does...
Franklin began reforming itself before President George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind in January 2002. The school, two 1950s-era brick buildings in this old Mississippi River town on the eastern edge of Iowa, had been on a lower-profile statewide watch list because of below-average scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Then it was grandfathered onto the list of schools that failed under the new federal criteria. That public branding, along with the threat of new sanctions, layered on the anxiety. "When [Franklin] was listed in the Des Moines (Iowa) Register as a failed...