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Pursell has not only recalibrated her celebration, but she also helps others do the same. Last year she started a "simplicity circle" that gets into high gear during the holiday season. A woman in her group, a Buddhist, has eliminated toys with batteries or ones made of plastic from her secular celebration in an attempt to introduce her children to simpler pleasures. Another, an environmentalist, won't give any gifts that aren't made from recycled or natural sources. Others, following Pursell's example, have cut back on the tonnage of tinsel and toys...
...time of his Adams dining hall interview, Volpe wore neither flippers nor a wetsuit, but his club is applying for grants to purchase gear. Funds for these expenses don’t exist yet, but Volpe is soliciting grants from the Undergraduate Council, the Harvard-Radcliffe Institute and University President Lawrence H. Summers to subsidize expensive equipment purchases and, ideally, tropical getaways...
HMS’s curricular review, which began four years ago, has kicked into high gear with Cox’s steering committee recently releasing reports of recommendations for review by the HMS community...
...allergic reaction to the mice feces he was working with in the same animal laboratory from which he was fired this summer. When doctors told him he could no longer work around the feces, O’Brien said, Balloffet was slow to provide Ronchetti with the protective gear he needed...
...time, Alice Ronchetti said, her son appealed to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, which forged an agreement with Balloffet to provide the gear...