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...them committed to mental hospitals. A poll carried out by the Madrid-based Center for Sociological Investigation showed that 66% of people were in favor of same-sex marriages, compared to 26% opposed. "It just shows how far Spain has come in a relatively short time," says Madrid teacher Isabel Flores. "There was much more outrage when divorce or abortion were legalized. Now, it seems as if only the lunatic fringe [is] really against gay marriages...
...this term: the $500 coursepack. While that sets in, it must be emphasized that this is not some premise for a Harvard-themed Twilight Zone episode or a cheesy horror movie à la Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. The $464.50 compendium of readings and articles for Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy Robert Putnam’s Government 90qa, Community in America class is very real and currently available on the shelves of the Harvard Coop bookstore...
...Baltimore, which gets 60,000 calls to 311 each month, the innovation has helped crack systemic problems ranging from potholes to graffiti to snow removal to floodwater. When 2003's Hurricane Isabel hit and calls about submerged streets cascaded into the downtown Baltimore call center, the water department mapped the calls' origins down to the address and then applied maps of the city's storm-water system. Department officials determined which storm drains were clogged and sent crews to clear them. "311 is genius in its simplicity," says Ted O'Keefe, director of Chicago's 311 City Services Center...
According to Snegroff, the four women—Helena Talbot, Elsa N. Guevara, Isabel Rivera, and Saintulus—will return to their previous posts soon...
Menendez leads Isabel to a shelf of children’s books in the living room, picking up one of her childhood favorites, How to Behave and Why by Munro Leaf. Sitting on the wood floor, with Augustine on her lap, she begins to read in a clear, confident voice: “This is a book about how to behave, and it doesn’t matter whether you are a boy or a girl, a man or a woman—the rules are all the same...