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...given the expanse of the new design, will not only need more modern and frequent shuttles, but will also need to work with the MBTA to ensure that bus routes are maintained throughout the campus. Allston should become not simply an extension of Harvard, but Harvard’s gateway to the rest of Boston...
...month ago, a Pajero jeep with four men and three burka-clad women was stopped at a checkpoint in Chapri, a village with an ancient stone arch that serves as a gateway to the Pakistani tribal region. Two tribal militiamen questioned one of the passengers and was surprised that he spoke no Pashtu. He was a Yemenite. All the passengers were ordered out of the car, and the militiamen noticed that the women in the burkas were very tall; one of them wore men's sandals. They turned out to be African men, two Sudanese and a Mauritanian. Their Pakistani...
Marijuana has long been called a gateway drug, with opponents alleging that its use leads to harder narcotics. But in 2001, a study published by a federal agency, the National Institute of Justice, found that even though marijuana use rose during the 1990s among 18- to 20-year-olds arrested, young offenders did not seem to be using marijuana to get into harder drugs. It went on to state that this trend would be “good news” if it meant a “rejection of crack and heroin due to their potentially devastating consequences...
...only is it very likely that marijuana harms its users; it is a gateway drug that, in many cases, starts teenagers on a slippery slope towards abusing even more dangerous narcotics. Though the war on drugs has its problems, the billions of dollars spent fighting it have prevented immeasurable tragedy...
...month ago, a Pajero jeep with four men and three burka-clad women was stopped at a checkpoint in Chapri, a village with an ancient stone arch that serves as a gateway to the Pakistani tribal region. Two tribal militiamen questioned one of the passengers and was surprised that he spoke no Pashtu. He was a Yemenite. All the passengers were ordered out of the car, and the militiamen noticed that the women in the burkas were very tall; one of them wore men's sandals. They turned out to be African men, two Sudanese and a Mauritanian. Their Pakistani...