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...this year, RUS has decided to pursue less controversial projects in an effort to broaden their base of support among women on campus. At the same time, however, a critical mass of women have decided to form their own group called Women Appealing for Change to boycott the clubs...
Mara and I were in search of food. Canolis, to be precise. Oh, sure, theoretically we were on assignment for a magazine, investigating avenues and options for students who want to broaden their cultural scope by sojourning into the greater Boston area. But what it really boiled down to, for us, was a serious Dessert Quest...
...broaden the market, Strong set out to design an all-solar neighborhood of 30 working-class houses and eight commercial buildings in Gardner, Massachusetts, that opened in 1986. Sponsored by New England Electric Systems utility company, the project offers a glimpse of the day when solar-run homes could become as common as split-level houses. Solar power already helps heat and light more than 100,000 U.S. houses. And this week Real Goods is sponsoring a tour of homes from Maine to California that have all their energy needs met by sun, wind or water power...
This is the ninth stage play that the TNT cable network has sensitively adapted since 1990, including Tennessee Williams' lyrical Orpheus Descending, Jon Klein's rowdy T Bone 'n Weasel and Mamet's own burst of cynicism, The Water Engine. Each has been respected yet retooled to broaden its reach. While A Life in the Theatre is steeped in particulars of the stage, it works as a powerful metaphor for life in any career. Older people are always feeling that tradition is being dishonored and their accumulated lore and knowledge devalued. Younger people always impatiently demand their turn...
...against Beijing last week -- a measure of his frustration with the intransigent mainland government. Declaring that Britain and China had only "weeks rather than months" to map out something resembling a democratic future for the colony, Patten threatened to push ahead unilaterally with political reform, specifically his effort to broaden, however modestly, Hong Kong's electoral base, a program that has drawn Beijing's unrelenting ire. In urging the legislators to fight for reform, Patten asked, "If we are not prepared to stand up for Hong Kong's way of life today, what chance of doing so tomorrow...