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...mention this not because I'm a dress-code martinet (though I must note I was the only audience member in my field of vision who was wearing a tie), but to indicate that here was a show with an instant lock on its market. The producers of this show about the Four Seasons-the '60s vocal quartet from Belleville, N.J., that sold maybe 100 million records (those were vinyl discs that people bought before there were CDs, kids) had quickly located that segment of the tri-state community who had danced and romanced to songs like "Sherry" and "Dawn...
...markings on the house that indicated no one was inside. However, my 79-year-old mother's car was in the driveway. I noticed that there was no visible hold in the roof for entry into the attic. Plus, the iron bars on the doors and windows were locked. No one could have possibly searched the house. My son, who is a New Orleans firefighter, agreed that no one could have entered the house for a search. I unlocked the iron bars on the front door. However the night's lock chain was on the door, and I could...
Maybe PRINCE CHARLES should get one of those diaries that comes with a miniature lock and key. London's Daily Mail obtained a copy of the Prince's "private" journal on the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China--subtitled The Great Chinese Takeaway--in which Charles calls Chinese diplomats, including then President Jiang Zemin, "appalling old waxworks." The paper claims that the journal was never private--the Prince reportedly distributed copies to friends and relatives--but last week Charles' lawyers filed suit against the Mail's publisher for breach of copyright and confidentiality. Just goes to show that even...
...problem to solve.”In the last four years, numbers have been similarly high: 149, 141, 78, and 138 bikes were stolen in the years 2001-2004, respectively.National rankings consistently place Boston/Cambridge in the ten worst cities for bike theft. In 2002, it was ranked sixth by lock manufacturer Kryptonite, behind only New York, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.MAKING SENSE OF THE DATAHarvard University Police Department (HUPD) spokesman Steven Catalano acknowledges that HUPD has had some difficulty addressing the high numbers of bike thefts.“We have stings,” Catalano says...
...resume after Veteran’s Day—came after moderate Republicans rebelled over proposals to enable drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and to severely cut social programs, including food stamps and Medicaid. These funding cuts hurt the neediest among us; moreover, these cuts lock the poor into poverty and solidify class stratification in the United States. Raising Medicaid co-payments and premiums for those living just above the poverty line (as the House bill intends to do) makes medical care less accessible to those who can least afford it. Likewise, cutting funding for student loans...