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Marketing, however, can’t gloss over the truth forever. What transpires down at the end of JFK Street is not the catalysis of idealism but rather a sort of cotillion for political nerds. It absorbs every freshman looking to exercise their obligations as a citizen and churns out a mixture of political technicians, professional hand-shakers, and disillusioned burnouts...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Tending to the Political Machine | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...having a corral for the political set on JFK street means Harvard mirrors a problem endemic to the nation: the consigning of civic duties to a self-contained class of “political people.” This flies in the face of the very notion of democratic society: that we are all political people. Political mobility is a sentiment which needs to boil through everyone who comes to Harvard College, a trade school of citizenship...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Tending to the Political Machine | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...Man” and “Control a Woman” remotes, $8 each: “GIVE ME: beer, sex, food” and “TALK ABOUT: feelings, shopping, shoes” are some of the controls on these humorous remote controls. (Urban Outfitters, 11 JFK St.) 10) 1,000 sex games, $14: Don’t give this to mom, but it could be a good gift for your latest lackluster h-up. (Urban Outfitters, 11 JFK St.) 11) $15 iTunes giftcard: Give the gift of downloading legally. (Radio Shack, 28 JFK St.) 12) Minibooks...

Author: By Erinn V. Westbrook, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Holiday Gifts for Under $15 | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...probably have the best philosophy section in New England,” said John Petrovato, the owner of Raven Used Books on 52 JFK St. “We have sections that other stores wouldn’t have...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

Robert A. Mitchell is the owner of Harvard Book and Binding on the corner of JFK and Brattle streets. When FM visited one weekday afternoon, inquiring after Mitchell, the solemn man who came to the door introduced himself as Mitchell’s brother, and explained that Mitchell had passed away that day—then laughed. “Just kidding! I’m Bob.” The multi-talented Mitchell might show a customer how a water filter he has patented works by folding up an 18th century map, or perhaps have the customer...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bookstores Galore | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

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