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Last year, to much fanfare, Whole Foods launched a lifestyle section in its Whole Body department offering organic adult and baby clothing, towels, sheets (cotton is more heavily sprayed with pesticide than any other crop) and vegan shoes. That area, however, always seems emptier than the rest of the store. But Whole Foods may simply be repeating an experience it has encountered many times in its 26-year existence: landing on an idea that is ahead of its time and then waiting around as the world catches...
...discussions. Our feature today notwithstanding, they too rarely show up in the pages of our very own breakfast-table daily.Outside of the everyday world on this side of the river, coaches, players, and the athletic department as a whole are working constantly to entice next year’s crop of athletes to join our Ivy community here in Cambridge. As sports writers, sometimes we at the Crimson only get glimpses of this intricate and rules-laden world. Last fall, while covering the Crimson men’s soccer team, I waited patiently and observed (but did not eavesdrop...
...they dumped loads of unsellable cherry tomatoes in the scrub of central Gaza. Hundreds of tons of the vegetable used to be exported from the area, but last week the Palestinian Economic and Development Authority, which operates greenhouses abandoned by Israeli settlers, could only trash much of the crop. Since Hamas' electoral victory in the Palestinian territories, Israel has, in effect, blocked commerce by virtually sealing the borders, citing continued attacks by Palestinian militants. The closings also prevent almost all imports. Now anxious U.N. workers in Gaza City fret that they will soon run out of food to hand...
...movie will not deter Opus' usual constituency--conservative Catholics do not look to Ron Howard for guidance. But by forcing Opus into greater transparency, the film could aid it: if the organization is as harmless and "mature" as Bohlin contends, then such exposure could bring in a bumper crop of devotees--with perhaps even more to come if, as seems likely, American Catholicism becomes both more Hispanic and more conservative...
With vacation breaks approaching, parents looking for a little quality travel time with their children can page through a new crop of travel guides?and some reissued classics?geared toward their special needs. Offering tips for finding the best activities for young and old and for minimizing the inevitable meltdowns, these books make planning a successful trip seem like child's play...