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...that critical juncture of your freshman year, it will be time for you to venture forth and discover the many cheap(ish) food options Cambridge has to offer. Harvard Square has countless restaurants to discover hidden in its small streets, but here are a few fast options to start your culinary journey...
...saved my favorite spot in the Square for last. If you travel towards Central Square on Massachusetts Ave, you’ll find La Creperie (1154 Massachusetts Avenue), a hidden gem. Though the crepes are by no means cheap, they’re tasty and original. Start with the “Jambon” crepe, followed by a Nutella crepe for dessert. The staff is not particularly friendly, so make sure to insist on your student discount by showing your Crimson ID. It will save you, on average, a full 50 cents...
...mots justes in a piece of prose, Franzen's ranking would be through the roof. He puts up Updikean numbers. His writer's eye picks out the "chevroned metal floor" of a merry-go-round, and a man with a ponytail "as thick as a pony's tail." A cheap space heater is "a wattage hog with a stertorous fan and a grinning orange mouth." The California towhee, one of his favorite birds, is like "a friend whose energy and optimism had escaped the confines of a single body to animate roadsides and backyards across thousands of square miles...
...course, another cheap entry point may not be around the corner, so long-term investors may want to think less about timing and more about diversification. Financial planners recommend allocating as much as 5% to emerging markets but generally no more, considering the risk (think Nigeria or Venezuela). When culling the world markets, Clark Winter, chief global investment strategist at Citigroup Global Wealth Management, looks for macroeconomic drivers. The big one historically has been U.S. monetary policy, and domestic interest rates still hold a lot of sway over what happens abroad...
...upshot, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Reid: "Current travel volumes should not be challenged." The one sector that might be affected for a while is the burgeoning low-cost carriers in Europe, such as Ryanair and easyJet, which have soared to prominence by tapping into demand for cheap weekend breaks for passengers who frequently don't want to check luggage...