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Down the street at the Red Bull, manager Jamie Burgess prepares to close up shop after a slow day. In the past year, three Crawford souvenir shops shut down for good. "We were the first ones to open and the last ones standing," she says with a laugh. For her, the Bush years were a worthwhile experience. "Before, when people came to Crawford, it was for [high school] athletic events, they were kin to someone or were just lost," she says. "Now I have met people from all over the world." And while some came in anger, she says...
...least four GOP Representatives, for instance, Twittered in real time President Obama's meeting two weeks ago with their conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the stimulus plan, raising questions about the levels of privacy members can now expect from closed-door meetings. A sampling from Representative Michael Burgess, a Texas Republican...
...board,” said Allston resident Dan Burgess. “I just finished Krugman’s book, ‘The Conscience of a Liberal,’ and am swayed by his line of argument...
...challenge, and it’s here that HUDS should devote its efforts. Every meat entrée served at Harvard requires 1300 pounds of meat, meaning that every day HUDS is using over 5000 pounds in its 14 dining halls. That makes sourcing locally tough—Susan Burgess, HUDS’ procurement director, points out that most New England farms lack sufficient capacity—but also gives Harvard tremendous power to shape the industry...
...HUDS is sensitive to the need to further reform its producers. In an e-mail sent as this piece was going to press, Ms. Burgess assured me that “I and HUDS do not tolerate animal cruelty … We would never conduct business with any entity that would do such things.” Last week Mr. Mayer told me that HUDS is open to pursuing more humanely produced meats if students demand them, and suggested that soaring gas prices might make local pasture-fed meats more economical...