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...April 1996. I was somewhere in New Hampshire, in line at a Burger King...
...reason the restaurant is a subject of recent debate is that its building's owner, Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), wants to demolish the structure that houses the friendly burger joint, along with the other buildings on the corner of JFK St. and Mass. Ave. Opponents of the bank's project argue that the corner should be declared an historical district. President of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, Pebble Glifford, opposes the CSB because a historical district "is good for business, I think one of the reasons people come here is history," she said...
Indeed, this argument (championed by former Chief Justice Warren Burger, among others), has always seemed goofy to me. Let's suppose for a minute that all of the historical evidence demonstrating the framers' intent to assert the essential civic right of the individual to protect his family and property did not exist (John Adams, class of 1755, and Thomas Jefferson, for example, were explicit about their beliefs; Adams insisted that Congress not "prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms"). Even if Second Amendment revisionists were right in arguing that the militia...
Loker's fast-food dilemma goes beyond the perfect burger, however. Due to its proximity to Harvard Square, a new nationally known fast food outlet at Loker might create conflict between the University and community activists who are fighting to keep the Square chain-free...
...within months," according to the fast food empire. That deadline might be moved back, though, if, as expected, franchisee owners give the plan the nod this Friday. Whenever it comes, analysts predict that the 55 cents Big Mac will spark a fierce price war with competitors Wendy's and Burger King, who so far have been adept at luring customers away from the Golden Arches with cheaper offerings. Over the next year, the 55-cent deal will rotate from the Big Mac to the Quarter Pounder to the McRib to the Arch Deluxe hamburger, placing the price of a McDonald...