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...Henrietta Davis asked the city manager to be more specific about actions to provide such incentives. She asked if drivers of hybrid and high-efficiency vehicles would get preference for parking permits.“We’re looking into it,” Healy said.Councillors were not eager to give up the parking privileges of their office.Councillor Craig Kelley proposed a policy order calling for high-level city officials’ reserved parking spaces to be converted into public spots.The policy order was defeated in a roll-call vote, with Kelley submitting the only vote in favor.However...
...deficit. Senior Brian McCafferty wasted no time after the whistle blew, dishing the puck to Dylan Reese, who connected with freshman Doug Rogers. Rogers whipped a shot from the right side to record the first goal of his collegiate career. Both teams returned from the first intermission eager to break the 1-1 tie. Harvard struck first as sophomore Steve Rolecek turned a pass at the top of the circle from junior Mike Taylor into the Crimson’s second goal of the night. In the 10th minute, however, Clarkson’s Shawn Weller stripped the puck from...
...self-taught, movement; in Montgomery, Ala. Tolliver began painting compulsively in the 1960s after an accident at a furniture factory left his legs crushed. His lyrical pieces, which he made with house paint and hung in his front yard using dental floss, first drew curious buyers, then eager galleries. The paintings--of bold, bright, sometimes grotesque women, birds, flowers, snakes and trees--are now in the permanent collections of major institutions, including the Smithsonian and New York City's American Folk Art Museum...
Rudolph is getting his neighbors to teach him their language. He picks it up one phrase at a time. He wrote his mother, who lives in Sarasota, Fla., that "Kyfa ta Kool," which he spelled out phonetically, means "How do you say ...?" Sometimes the other inmates are eager to communicate with Rudolph, other times they are "sulking or buried in some Arabic hell of depression...
...answered this weekend is whether 2006 Canadian Olympian Sarah Vaillancourt can keep up her sparkling play against stronger opponents. Vaillancourt has racked up seven goals in two victories over RPI and Union—but the upcoming games are unlikely to be similar routs. With Clarkson and St. Lawrence eagerly seeking revenge on Harvard, rematches scheduled again later this season, and encounters between the teams likely in the 2007 ECAC Championship, all three rivals will be eager to make a statement this weekend...