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This university acquired its name in 1638 as a result of a bequest of 400 books from John Harvard. The spread and preservation of the written word has been essential to its mission ever since, and we must not allow tough economic times to damage this legacy...
...compare Iran's nuclear ambitions to a characteristic suicide mission. Why this analogy? Normally one does not compare a whole nation to an individual, but Iran, as a Shi'ite theocracy, gives the appearance of acting out of similar motives. Iran celebrates the Shi'ite community that clusters around the great martyr Hussein, son of Ali. It used this ideology as it sent tens of thousands of undertrained young volunteers to their senseless death in the war against Iraq. Would this ideology play any role if Iran felt both cornered and it also possessed nuclear weapons...
...first stop on Mission Hill’s trick-or-treating tour, kids scrambled up the stairs, racing to be the first at the door...
...Through Mission Hill After School, Chinatown After School, and Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE), the Phillips Brooks House Association brings more than 150 young students to trick-or-treat at the end of October...
...Friday, Mission Hill volunteers gathered in the Quad to shepherd their students from dorm to dorm as they wildly shouted trick-or-treat songs...