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...July 13, 2007, Zachery's 41st birthday. He was working in the hazardous-materials unit, and a call came in from a local hospital: chemical spill. Normally, Zachery would have been behind the wheel of the truck, but on that day, he was acting captain, so he rode in the passenger seat. Siren blaring, lights flashing, horn honking - none of it registered with the driver of a city trash truck, who turned into the path of the speeding haz-mat unit. The crash folded the front of Zachery's vehicle, and his head spiderwebbed the windshield...
...During the savings and loan crisis in the late 1980s and early 1990s, 747 banks and S&Ls failed. Taxpayers pay to protect bank customers' money, as is true with any bank failure involving FDIC-insured deposits. A taxpayer with $100,000 of insured cash in his local bank might get lucky. If the firm goes under and his deposits are saved by the FDIC, his years of paying taxes will come back to him with a profit...
...director, Nworah B. Ayogu ’10—who have both been involved in Cultural Rhythms for the last three years—say that the Foundation chose student hosts based on their charisma and involvement in promoting cultural pluralism at Harvard and in the local community. Lee, for example, is Executive Director of the Boston Black Student Network, an organization that facilitates dialogue and exchange between member groups at 45 colleges and universities in the area...
...seat. Schuster, who was first elected in the fall of 2005 at age 25, said that though serving his two terms on the committee has been “the most meaningful work” of his life, his interests have broadened beyond educational policy. “Local public service is something that everybody should have the opportunity to experience,” he said. A Cambridge native who had gone through the city’s public school system, Schuster said he was originally encouraged to run for school committee by the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts. Schuster...
...University may not make unilateral decisions [regarding construction in Allston],” Menino wrote, emphasizing that Harvard’s actions inherently affect the local neighborhood...