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...group is trying to collect 100,000 signatures on a petition protesting high rents and home prices, which they say are increasing evictions and homelessness in Cambridge. The group plans to deliver the petition to Massachusetts Gov. A. Paul Cellucci in March...

Author: By Christopher J. Yip, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: EFZ Stages Rally in Central Square | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...between choruses of "Cambridge Tenants Rise" (to the tune of "Jingle Bells"), group members with picket signs stopped pedestrians to explain their cause, hand out pamphlets and collect signatures...

Author: By Christopher J. Yip, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: EFZ Stages Rally in Central Square | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...they are. Patricia DePooter, whose son Corey had always wanted to be a Marine, helps the Corps collect toys and other gifts for impoverished kids. Linda Sanders, who says all the support from across the nation "has restored my faith in humanity," has written 1,700 thank-you cards, but she's worried she's missed some people. Next fall the Mausers plan to adopt a baby girl from China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Columbine Tapes: The Victims: Never Again | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

Coleman did, however, manage to collect a career-high 16 boards, pacing the Crimson, which outrebounded Colgate...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Kicks Off Ivy League Season Against Dartmouth | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

Carbon dioxide and other gases from the burning of fossil fuels collect in the atmosphere and act like the glass walls of a greenhouse, trapping heat on the earth's surface. Scientists predict that the planet's average temperature could rise as much as 6.3[degrees]F (3.5[degrees]C) over the next century, and we are already seeing heat waves, melting polar ice and rising seas. Local impact remains unpredictable: some areas could suffer stronger storms and other places severe drought. Seven environmental groups--Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, U.S. Public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greenhouse Effects | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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