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Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie Decker is no stranger to the military draft. During the Vietnam War, her father was drafted to fight while many others were able to evade service. So when Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., announced this Sunday that he wanted to bring back the draft for everyone 18 and over, it conjured mixed emotions for her. “In some ways, I resent the draft because there were a lot of people who could get out who were far more privileged,” Decker said. “At the same time, it?...
Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker also praised Stone’s work to improve relations with the community...
...suspicious of him when I first met him but I actually really came to respect him and appreciate his commitment to working out town-gown issues,” Decker said. “I’m really sorry he’s leaving. I think he’ll be big shoes to fill...
...noticed a greater police presence in their neighborhood. “We did notice an increase in foot patrols and bicycle patrols, and at least the perception of a decrease in crime did occur,” said Ben Holtzman, a resident of Riverside. But Councillor Marjorie C. Decker said that, to her knowledge, the expanded patrols in other parts of the city had little to do with noise grievances. And neither Decker nor Councillor E. Denise Simmons said they knew of the plan to up patrols around the Quad. “I’m not aware...
...stopped Dyson from becoming a dominant force in Europe's and Japan's vacuum markets. But the price-conscious U.S., where Dyson upright vacs have been selling since 2002, is tougher. Big brands, feeling threatened, are quick to advertise their own Dyson-like benefits at lower costs. Black & Decker already has a Root 6 competitor, the 18 Volt Pivot Vac. There's no lithium-ion battery, but for $60 it picks up dirt using something it calls "cyclonic action...