Word: gathering
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...Cambridge: barring any radical developments, voters tend to stick with the political status quo. But by the end of the night, all bets were off. After the first-place votes had been tallied, mouths hung agape in the Cambridge Senior Center, where the city’s political classes gather every two years for the ballot count. Sitting in eighth place—ahead of two council incumbents—was first-time challenger Matthew S. DeBergalis, a then-26-year-old MIT graduate who had focused his campaign on student issues. DeBergalis missed the final cut by 137 votes...
...southern China and now southeast Asia, where bird flu has been endemic since the end of 2003. Although Beijing is traditionally secretive about disease within its borders, Guan's network of mainland Chinese contacts and his secondary position at Shantou University in Guangdong province have helped his team gather biological samples from more than 100,000 birds in the region over the past five years, more than any other scientist. It's hard, dirty work--every day researchers pick through less than hygienic live poultry markets, persuading traders to allow them to take blood and feces samples from their chickens...
...There should be no short cuts in the administration of justice. It is dangerous and difficult work to infiltrate the Mafia, or a Triad, but dedicated and clever officers still try. Should police who cannot gather enough evidence to secure a conviction be able to imprison people without charge? It does not take much knowledge of human nature - nor does it impugn the integrity of the police - to guess whether their evidence-gathering efforts will thereafter be intensified or relaxed. And relaxation of vigilance may prove a deeper danger...
...Lamont will be a café. The addition of an open-late food venue in the midst of the Yard will be like switching on a giant undergrad electromagnet. Together with Loker Pub, these two student spaces will once more make the Yard area a viable place to gather at all hours...
...instantly had a change of heart,” said Eric I. Kouskalis ’07, spokesman for QUAD. “The timing speaks for itself.” The UC hopes to push for more improvements to Quad Library services and reserves, and will most likely gather student opinion through surveys and reports, Glazer said. According to Jonathan B. Johnnidis ’05, a former Pforzheimer resident who helped organized a petition against the reduced Quad Library hours last year, students were concerned with the Quad Library’s lack of study carrels and lamps...