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...more than men do--on clothing every year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2004-2005 Consumer Expenditure Survey. But that's chump change compared with what single men spend on car ownership ($846 more than single women), eating out ($752 more), alcoholic drinks ($280 more) and audiovisual gear ($143 more). Cutting back on needless spending isn't a bad idea for anyone, but "renegotiating your credit-card balances or getting a lower cost on your IRA probably saves you a lot more money," says Christian Weller, an economist at the Center for American Progress. "That's much more...
Officers are wary with reason. "They're scum," says a man clad in Celtic gear at a St. Patrick's Day parade. But opinions are shifting. Sinn Fein removed the last major obstacle to collaborative policing in January when it voted to support the PSNI. People still see cops as cops, of course. Draped in the Republic of Ireland's tricolor just after the parade, a young couple gripes about officers clearing out bars right at closing time. "But," says the man, "we wouldn't have known anyone in the police in the old days. Now we have friends...
...Harvard, we are so immersed in the immense modern world that we seldom get the opportunity to truly pretend we’re living in the 1940s, chatting about the Lend-Lease Act, before all this “green campus” propaganda kicked into gear. Perhaps it’s time Harvard started relentlessly exploiting its long, gilded past...
...officer was dispatched to take a report of an individual who collided with a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle. There was no damage done to the motor vehicle. The bicycle sustained damage to the front tire, braking mechanism, rear light, and gear mechanism. The individual refused any medical assistance...
...teammates. “I don’t regret coming to Maryland, obviously. It’s been a great four years.”Delaney-Smith thinks it would have been a great four years coaching Doron in crimson and white. In defeat, she can only gear her young underdogs up for another run, and tip her hat to the one who got away.—Staff writer Emily W. Cunningham can be reached at ecunning@fas.harvard.edu...