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...figure out the pouch's contents, the FBI is engaged in the laborious task of reconstructing the "chain of possession" surrounding the documents: who had access to them, when and for how long? Investigators told TIME they have not formally excluded other possibilities--that, for example, a secret-documents clerk innocently botched the document logs or misplaced the material and is now afraid to admit it. Or perhaps the papers were hidden by a disgruntled foreign-service officer. The FBI is moving aggressively on all fronts. Until the facts show otherwise, agents must assume the worst--that the material...
...charges of selling child pornography. This action came in response to protests by Christian activists, fanned nationwide by the likes of Randall Terry, the antiabortion activist and conservative talk-show host. It won't surprise you to learn that the opinion of Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookstore chain, is that the photographs don't cross the line and that booksellers must stand up for the public's First Amendment right to buy high-gloss photos of naked teenagers. In a recent editorial, the New York Times agreed. And no doubt it is civil libertarians who, in the wake...
...March 24, the Hooters restaurant chain will invade our City on a Hill. Renowned for its scrumptious fried cuisine, the establishment also has a reputation for its engaging waitstaff. The talented young women who serve up the chicken wings and oysters are as much a part of the ambience as the effeminate Maitre D' at expensive French bistros. Hooters girls are as generous with flirtatious glances as their uniforms are with glimpses of flesh...
Bekken's suggestion that "locally-owned business serving residents of the surrounding working-class neighborhoods will be replaced by six floors of upscale chain stores and high-priced apartments" implies that Holmes nationwide chain stores will be exceedingly high-class and that the local residents will not be able to afford them. If this is true, it would result in a negative externality: the angry local residents would be forced out of local shopping areas by incoming affluent citizens, thereby disintegrating the current community...
Sadly enough, the shops that provide this local color and suit the curiosity of tourists cannot fulfill the daily needs of Central Square's local residents. Through the Holmes Trust project, new nation-wide chain stores may rightfully come to answer the practical needs of Cambridge's citizens...