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...filled more with young families. Indeed, the Square’s streets were lined with booths hosted by the likes of Amnesty International. “They actually recruited me here last year,” said Helen Morgan, a volunteer with Amnesty’s local chapter.A giant hot air balloon floated above Cambridge Common, offering rides to people who donated to charities such as the Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund and Our Place Child Care Program.“This is exactly what Cambridge has to offer,” said Andrew J. Vlock, a Cambridge resident who went...
...only about 10% of investments were in those areas industry-wide. It is those investments that have caused recent reported investment losses at MetLife and The Hartford. About two-thirds of insurance company investments are in solid, conservative instruments like federal and municipal bonds. Even AIG, the insurance giant bailed out by the federal government in September, is solvent in its insurance operation. The losses at AIG came mostly from the unrelated financial services division, which other insurance companies do not have...
LAMONT’S GENTLE GIANT...
Megapuss is a new band, kind of. Its members are officially (and unofficially) Greg Rogove of New York based band Priestbird, Devendra Banhart of Devendra Banhart fame, Noah Georgeson, Human Giant humorist Aziz Ansari, and Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti. Moretti, Ansari, and Georgeson may not, however, actually be in the band. Some have called their new and first album “Surfing” a joke album, and some have termed it inspired, both of which could be wrong. Or right. To focus on issues such as these, though, would be missing the point. Megapuss isn?...
After watching Bill Maher’s new documentary about the ridiculousness of religion, appropriately titled “Religulous,” it’s hard not to agree with Maher that religion is analogous to a “giant space penis.” This idea stems from a small rural community in England where the citizens diligently maintain a shrubbery-outlined figure of a man with an epic erection on a grassy hillside overlooking the town. Created hundreds of years ago, no doubt by some horny botanist, the presence of this figure remains unquestioned...