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...traditional comfort food at Cambridge Common more than makes up for the cold trek up Mass Ave. The Common serves up a baked meatloaf with mashed potatoes, gravy and a seasonal vegetable, the perfect combination to combat arctic temperatures. To spice up a traditional beef stew, the chef stirs in a thick Guinness draft. Homemade gravy-drenched chicken pot pies far outclass their frozen counterparts, and the restaurant’s generous helpings will keep you satiated as you prepare for a winter-long hibernation. There’s no hurry to rush back to campus, either?...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Missing Mama’s Cookin’ | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

Further efforts, Zinni mentioned, are mentioned to prevent separatist groups from joining Islamic extremists. He explained that preventive measures focused on stopping conflicts should precede combat, and the U.S. would benefit from curtailing terrorist growth rather than attacking it after it manifests itself...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Zinni Urges U.S. To Refocus on Mideast | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

Last month media coverage of Iraq was dominated by the stressed out Marine in a Fallujah mosque unfortunate enough to be caught on camera shooting dead an apparently unarmed and wounded man. That event was all over the national media, with plenty of hand-wringing about combat stress and rules of war to remind us that this was not the way America behaves at war; this was a painful transgression. U.S. ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte even took the rare step of publicly expressing America's regret over the shooting, although there was also widespread support for the Marine shooter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq Civilian Casualties? Who Knew? | 12/8/2004 | See Source »

Elie Wiesel, who won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his writings on the Holocaust, spoke last night about the need to combat religious fanaticism through education to a packed crowd in Memorial Church...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wiesel Urges Education To Combat Fanaticism | 12/7/2004 | See Source »

...healthier eating habits and moderate exercise. An increased risk for coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, breathing problems, incontinence and birth defects are only the beginning of the extensive list of related health disturbances provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. While prevention and management strategies to combat obesity must remain a national health priority regardless of the exact number of obesity-caused deaths per year, a change in numbers translates into a change in policy, for the nature and funding of obesity-fighting measures is directly contingent on the size of the affected population...

Author: By Rebecca J. R. steinberg, | Title: One Heavy Mistake | 12/1/2004 | See Source »

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