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...last year than it did in 1986, according to the Department of Energy. But gas prices are hurting consumers because real wage growth has declined over the past four years. The American Automobile Association estimated that the average driver's fuel costs will increase to 9.2˘ a mile, from 8.2˘. Not academic, since the average commuter covers more than 8,000 miles a year just getting to work and back...
...Cambridge Police Department spokesman Frank T. Pasquarello declined to comment for this story. The alleged assault took place in a dormitory above the main student center and cafeteria. Students said that after the alleged assault, a noticeable change had taken place on the campus, which is just half a mile away from Harvard Yard. “It’s kind of safer, because everyone’s on alert,” said freshman Kimberly L. Tringali. “In my hall, people used to open the door for random guests. And I never see security around...
...been especially assertive. But to operate under the impression that one must leave the country in order to gain perspective is narrow-minded. A disproportionate amount of Harvard students come from the East Coast and California and know little of the great cultural diversity in the thousands of miles in between. To a Manhattanite, a trip to rural Mississippi is probably a greater culture shock than a trip to Barcelona. Visiting a destitute, third-world country is admirable and even comes off as “slumming chic” to wealthy Americans, but a visit to the poorest conditions...
...future test in P Tunnel will send a blast of radiation through a vacuum- tight steel casing to simulate a nuclear explosion 300 miles deep in space. Parts of the tunnel will collapse, and tons of irradiated rock will hurtle through the pipe, but the explosion should remain contained, thanks to seven giant doors. The last barrier, a mile distant, is a gas-sealed door made to withstand temperatures of 500 degrees F and pressures...
...Line decided to ride the wave rather than be crushed by it. Five days of reshoots were ordered so that Ellis could make the movie much, much grosser. "Kids between 17 and 25 really want to see a little T. and A., so there's a nice Mile High Club scene," says Ellis. "And if you're going to do an R-rated film, you have to go for the violence and the gore. So now every time a snake strikes somebody, we hold on that snake attack and get more impact...