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Holmes' Central Square project proposes to bring in new, nationwide chain stores and new residencies to local residents. While Holmes' development may distort the traditions and variations of the local community in the short term, it could benefit the local residents with efficiency, orderliness and higher standards of living in the long...
...negative externality that will result from the presence of the Holmes project is homogeneity. In the past, residents and tourists alike have been able to find a wide selection of goods in Central Square. However, when nationwide chain stores enter the neighborhood to satisfy only the needs of a "median consumer" (i.e., a typical household with median income and two children), goods become homogenous and reflect fewer of the extreme tastes that are appealing to minority shoppers (e.g. rebellious teens...
...disagree with James Allen Johnson's plea for a Harvard Square McDonald's (Opinion, March 9), invoking McDonald's "right" to be here. John-son unfairly accuses those who are anti-corporate-chain-monolith of being anti-proletariat. Those who fight McDonald's can care about the local working class...
...Jeff, as the star of TV's "Sea Hunt" and as the deputy sheriff in "High Noon." But more importantly, in an age where humor consists primarily of Seinfeld-esque ironic cool, Bridges wasn't afraid to be goofy. There is, of course, his classic turn as a chain-smoking air-traffic controller in "Airplane!" While nobody could completely rescue "Hot Shots" (or, for that matter, "Part Deux"), his Admiral Benson came close. And how can you not admire a man who could star in a stinker like "Battlestar Galactica" -- and play it straight...
...York City, Butler and senior UNSCOM officials were not happy when they first read over the memorandum. "There were procedures in Kofi's agreement that UNSCOM has worked to get rid of," says one. Adding diplomats, along with a political adviser reporting to Annan, inserted another layer into the chain of command and could make the hands-on work of the expert inspectors more difficult. Republicans on Capitol Hill were more outspoken, with Senators Trent Lott, Jesse Helms and John Ashcroft in full denunciation. Even Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd was "very uneasy about this agreement...