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...those who haven't jumped on a 10-10-whatever train or discovered the plethora of discount phone cards available at the Prem La Market on Mt. Auburn Street, the campus phone bill is a monthly test of a sufficiently endowed BankBoston account. But the thieves don't stop there: the true BIG rip-off regarding the on-campus phone bill is actually found not within--but stuck on the envelope...
...other contenders, Republican Philip Hyde, who lost to Capuano in this fall's Congressional election, and 21-year-old political neophyte Matthew Hoey, who attended Somerville High School but did not matriculate, entered the fray relatively late. Somerville pundits discount their chances for success at the ballot...
Tobin maintains that our society should discount religious belief in favor of "legal argument or moral reversal." I presume that since the death penalty is legal in the state of Missouri, Tobin does not mean that the governor should have invoked a law as justification for the commuation of Mease's sentence. Instead, I can only assume that she meant that the death penalty should be repealed in Missouri. As long as the First Amendment exists, I suggest that any point of view (even religious) could be used in such a "legal argument"--a debate...
...famous for telling analysts that the future looks bleak and then acting surprised when its profits go up. Sure enough, when Microsoft announced its quarterly results last week, it revealed that its income had jumped 75%, handily beating expectations and sending its stock soaring. Investors learned long ago to discount Microsoft's predictions that the sky is falling. Microsoft's challenge is to convince the courts that now it really...
...HOME: Michael Graves, postmodern architect, designer of the Portland Building in Oregon and the Crooks House in Indiana, has a new feather in his cap: availability at Target. The discount chain commissioned the architect to create a line of housewares after working with him on the restoration of the Washington Monument, which it's partly funding. He brought forth such potential budget wedding gifts as a toaster, kitchen utensils, a patio set and an ice bucket. Next: Issey Miyake redoes the Big Gulp for 7-Eleven...