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...Dems’ first meeting comes to a close, Brigit M. Helgen ’08 resumes her post at the door ready with a firm handshake and confident eye-contact for the fledgling members. She cordially thanks them for attending, double checking that everyone has a copy of the list of upcoming campaign events. Dressed neatly in a light sweater and jeans, Helgen puts up her business front when it comes to distributing information about the volunteer opportunities she has organized. Helgen serves as the campaign director for the Harvard Democrats and has coordinated their three major campaign efforts...
...results, compiled by the Morgan Quitno Press, a research firm based in Lawrence, Kan., place Cambridge—measured as a municipality—as the 117th safest city in the country, a marked improvement from its 185th place ranking last year...
...most recent rankings, Morgan Quitno Press analyzed 2005 crime rate statistics in six basic categories—murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft—according to the president of the firm, Scott Morgan. Each type of crime was weighed equally in the final analysis. The statistics are from the F.B.I.’s annual Uniform Crime Report...
...kids, the opening) of presents, the candy canes and mistletoe, the turkey dinner that reconvened a scattered family - these were the elements of a merry Christmas for most Americans. They may have been raised in beliefs they no longer held; but though the dogma eroded, the social traditions held firm...
...notice of officials in Tokyo that Japanese diplomats were apparently not involved in the talks that brought Pyongyang back to the table. Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose term started just two weeks before Kim's nuclear test, has built support with the Japanese public by standing firm against North Korea. If Abe is seen to go soft, he could lose his conservative political base, already shaken by his recent diplomatic overtures to Beijing and Seoul. While Abe has repeatedly declared that Japan has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, a rising chorus of influential voices inside...