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...response also gave me a unique burden to bear this summer. Off to DC and miles away from The Crimson's fortress where students for-sake Friday night gatherings to take surveys and write articles about the inept social scene, my excuse no longer applied. I was heading to a land where five o'clock meant the start of happy hour, not the deadline for a problem set, to a land where well built frat boys had to wear suits and ties, to a land where the interns roamed free (and you know what they say about interns...
...response also gave me a unique burden to bear this summer. Off to DC and miles away from The Crimson's fortress where students forsake Friday night gatherings to take surveys and write articles about the inept social scene, my excuse no longer applied. I was heading to a land where five o'clock meant the start of happy hour, not the deadline for a problem set, to a land where well built frat boys had to wear suits and ties, to a land where the interns roamed free (and you know what they say about interns...
...Look at these spaces," says chief designer Simeon Bruner, marveling at the hulking, bricky, fortress-of-industry buildings. "What did we do to them? Nothing. We just cleaned them up a little." It's a likably egoless statement from an architect, and he's right. The makers of Mass MoCA had sense enough to leave the buildings alone. Perhaps they should have held back more; the less renovated spaces are the most enticing...
...reported for work in January 1996. As one of his first acts in office, Riley had the bullet-proof glass which stood between HUPD officers and visitors to 29 Garden St. removed. The "Fortress on Garden Street" already had a new human touch...
...suit--unveiled by Attorney General Janet Reno and antitrust chief Joel Klein--was the first to target alleged abuses at so-called fortress hub airports created by carriers like American after Congress deregulated the airlines in 1978. While consumer advocates welcomed the suit, legal experts said it would be tough for Justice to prove predatory pricing. "We didn't undercut," argues American spokesman Chris Chiames. "We matched fares set by others and added seats when the demand went...