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...roundtable meeting about Cambridge’s liquor license policy yesterday, the city council encouraged the city’s license commission to make it easier for restaurants to serve alcohol. Councillors raised concerns that the current policy dissuades innovative young restaurateurs from opening in Cambridge and discourages the hip young crowd from spending time—and money—in the city. Liquor licenses for Cambridge restaurants are currently allocated according to a cap system established in 1986. This system delineates 15 “cap areas,” each of which is assigned a fixed number...
...Campaigning before thousands of roaring, red T-shirted socialist youths at a Caracas arena, Chavez leaps around the stage to the sounds of the Puerto Rican hip-hop derivative known as "reggaeton" and Venezuela's driving gaita music, unleashing all his raving martial thunder. "Be an army," he shouts, "whose commandos, battalions and platoons do combat day and night until we reduce our opponents to rubble and dust!" If, as expected, Chavez trounces Rosales on Sunday, he can technically claim victory in his larger fight with the U.S. - but just barely...
...Leesburg, Ga., sewed together parts of a panda-print sweater she bought on eBay with a second sweater from Goodwill and some faux white fur she found at a fabric store to make a black-and-white, hooded wool "bomber" jacket. When she posted pictures to the Sew Hip community on the site LiveJournal.com in early November, she got raves from other members, including Shay Silver, 23, from Potsdam, N.Y., who wrote, "That is a freaking awesome sweater...
Those seeking real-world contact on a more regular basis head for sewing lounges like Make Workshop on Manhattan's Lower East Side and First Samples in the hip SoCo district of Austin, Texas, where sewing machines can be rented by the hour and experienced seamstresses are available to share their expertise. At a recent Saturday-morning class for beginners at First Samples, most of the first two hours were spent learning how sewing machines work--how to thread, what kind of thread to buy, how to load a bobbin, how to load needles and clean various parts. The attendees...
...drugs and uncounted other indulgences. This is especially true since, in most cases, the gratification is immediate and the penalty, if it comes at all, comes later. With enough time and enough temptation, we can talk ourselves into ignoring almost any long-term costs. "These things are fun or hip, even if they can be lethal," says Ropeik. "And that pleasure is a benefit we weigh...