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Helluva nice guy, this football player - and big. His knee was the size of my head. It was an arthritic knee, as you would expect - a routine problem, like hundreds of others any orthopedist sees every year. Was I extra-nice to him, though, his being a star and all? Did I do anything different that day, just a little? I like to think not, always having tried never to be a "respecter of persons...
...extracting profits from those who already pay its operating budget? As its name implies, HUDS is not a corporation, but a service. “Profits,” if there are any, should go toward the interests of the community it serves. Though I wouldn’t expect too much from a university dining service that employs a “marketing director” in the first place. THEODORE M. LECHTERMAN ’08 Cambridge, MA October...
...Don’t expect the White House to invite Robert Redford over for tea anytime soon. Or for him to oblige either...
...debate was passionate, as you'd expect over an issue that touches so deeply our concerns about what our kids know and do - and when - and the messages we send them. To school officials and public health advocates who favored the measure, this was a question of confronting reality. Five of the 134 students who visited King Middle School's health center last year admitted they were sexually active; in the last four years, Portland's three middle schools reported 17 pregnancies, not counting miscarriages or unreported pregnancies that ended in abortions...
...worked on a job to qualify for a full pension from 37.5 years to 40. That would largely bring public sector pension requisites into line with those governing the private sector. Unions, however, note that even the accords signed in 2003 are up for review next spring, and many expect the private sector time requirements will lengthen further...