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...merchandisers, not élite architects, who would be the first to exploit the potential of prefab, though mostly in traditional styles--Tudor, Cape Cod, bungalow--that would have made Le Corbusier fall on his protractor. As early as 1906, the Aladdin Company was mailing out factory-made Readi-Cut house kits of precut, numbered pieces. Between 1908 and 1940, Sears Roebuck shipped out nearly 100,000 of its House by Mail kits. For a cost that varied between $650 and $2,500, the ambitious do-it-yourselfer received an avalanche of 30,000 pieces, including lumber, nails, shingles, windows, hardware...
Whether it’s because of the underperformance of a number of last summer’s sequels, or because the studios are now short on franchises to exploit, it looks like this summer’s crop of bad action films will feature slightly fewer movies with a “II” or “III” after their names. There are new installments of Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Shrek and The Bourne Identity on the way (not to mention Alien vs. Predator, which makes me wonder when Alien and Predator will face...
...meantime, we are still rather skeptical of any proposal to move Houses across the river. We worry that the impetus for this particular planning assumption is the enhancement of the Allston campus to the detriment of student life—a desire to exploit the liveliness of college students to enhance an otherwise undesirable locale. As the task force on undergraduate life in Allston approaches its final months before the members write their report, we hope they remain cognizant of students’ numerous concerns. Indeed, we doubt any Allston proposal will get much of a hearing from students without...
...Whose 9/11 Is It? Charles Krauthammer's essay "Why 9/11 Belongs in the Campaign" [March 15] rightly stated that Bush should be able to use 9/11 in his re-election bid because the terrorist attacks occurred on his watch. However, if the President continues to exploit images related to the attacks, he must be open about the entire 9/11 issue. Bush opposed creation of the independent commission to investigate government actions leading up to 9/11, and he has been cooperating with it only reluctantly. The American people are mature enough to accept the truth of 9/11. Bush needs...
Charles Krauthammer's essay "Why 9/11 Belongs In The Campaign" [March 15] rightly stated that Bush should be able to use 9/11 in his re-election bid because the terrorist attacks occurred on his watch. However, if the President continues to exploit images related to the attacks, he must be open about the entire 9/11 issue. Bush opposed creation of the independent commission to investigate government actions leading up to 9/11, and he has only reluctantly been cooperating with the investigation. The American people are mature enough to accept the truth of 9/11. Bush needs to let the commission...