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...might not prop up the U.S. dollar abroad, but it could give the buck more weight at home. An alliance of Congressmen and business groups wants to replace the dollar bill with a gold-colored coin bearing the likeness of Christopher Columbus. The change would boost business for vending machines and could help the blind distinguish a dollar from larger denominations. It would also save money: coins last 13 times as long as the average greenback's 18- month life-span...
WATCH OUT, Harvard. The City Councilor who once threatened to turn The Yard into a bus station, the very same man who had The Square renamed for Christopher Columbus, is back in charge...
There are two Alfred E. Vellucci Parks in East Cambridge. The intersection of Quincy and Cambridge Streets outside Gund Hall is Dante Alighieri Square. Even Harvard Square has had some Vellucci-inspired names, including Christopher Columbus Square and, one St. Patrick's day long ago, Piazza Leprechano...
...benefit of a glad-handing deal with Greyhound, and while in New York City, lives at the Dakota, the realm of Leonard Bernstein and Yoko Ono. He likes to hang out in front of the building in untied tennis shoes with pushed-in heels or to squeak along Columbus Avenue communing with the town. "The people," he says, "are the best theater in New York...
...Columbus Day weekend, when most people were enjoying a three-day vacation, the Harvard women's soccer team was working overtime...