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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...
...catch a student smoking a joint, clearly that gives us the right to lock them up. But the question is, what is the most appropriate thing to do?” said HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano. “It’s most punitive internally, and our officers know that... We want to make sure there’s still some accountability there. That’s important...
...from the new catcher the parent team had just gotten in a trade. I asked one of the pitchers to point him out for me, since once they removed their uniforms I had a hard time telling them apart. The pitcher pointed, and I turned just in time to lock eyes with the player in question, stark naked...