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...stroll past a department-store perfume counter.) From afar, the boxes look as if they might provide a weary farmer a place to sit or store his tools. But get close enough under the right conditions--dry, above 55°, no more than a light breeze--and you can hear and see one of the most vital relationships in modern American agriculture: the droning dance of honey bees feasting on almond pollen...
...350th anniversary and Leonard Bernstein ’39, who was then conductor of the New York Philharmonic, was tapped to give the keynote address to conclude the festivities. Cognizant of the lengthy parade of speakers before him, Bernstein let the audience vote on whether they wanted to hear his speech; they voted him down. Seizing the moment, Gilbert and a few of his friends personally begged Bernstein to come give the speech at Adams House. Bernstein, who knew Gilbert’s parents as violinists in the Philharmonic, agreed on two conditions: the attendance of then President Derek...
...good.”He waited politely.“May I ask why?”“Well, as you know, my hearing’s been real poor since the accident. So there ain’t much of the service I can hear.”Was that silence I heard? I whirled around as I tossed him a “Well, Happy Easter!” and scurried back to the sanctuary. I gave a tiny prod to the left door. But only to hear a new deacon blathering on about Fellowship Stew.I...
...dude go for it—she’s all up ons!” But hear me out. When you’re chilling in the bro-zone, the LAST thing you want is the added pressure of the coquetteishly ambiguous late-night text or in my case, the three or four that inevitably roll in as the evening matures. Yeah you know what I’m talkin’ about! It’s like, how do I respond to that? I got too many demands, ladiez, to spend my time navigating that mine-field...
Parents voiced concerns about the overall quality of student life in Cambridge Public Schools during a school climate subcommittee public hearing last night—the first step in the district’s plan to refocus attention on ensuring students’ physical and emotional well-being. The meeting was prompted in part by results from a 2006 parent attitudes survey, which indicated that issues relating to school climate—including student safety, behavior, and discipline—were widespread concerns. In response, the district adopted the maintenance of a “safe, nurturing, and healthy school...