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...Designer Disgrace Re "Paper, Plastic or Prada?" [Aug. 27]: years ago, my Italian mother-in-law gave me a string bag (which I still use) to carry my groceries in, explaining how deplorable it was to waste all those plastic and paper bags from the market. Notwithstanding the silliness of the label-conscious, how could anyone buy a reusable bag (Hermès') that stows in a calfskin case? The suffering that calves go through for the production of this vanity item is unconscionable. Nancy Pennington, SEATTLE...
...Mazda, but it seems the chic town car was usually his vehicle of choice. Although former President Derek C. Bok was also supplied the 1636-mobile during his 20-year tenure, he preferred to ride around in a crimson Volkswagen Beetle—a gift from his mother. Bok used the University car for long business trips, but the spirited VW was his trademark set of wheels. The Phillips Brooks House Association auctioned it off for charity in 1991. So how does Faust cruise down Mass Ave? She doesn’t. Though she owns a Honda Accord, Faust favors...
Ciommo, 50, has served as executive director of a city-run senior center in Brighton for the past 14 years. Throughout the campaign, he emphasized his working-class roots, noting that he was raised by a single mother and was the first person in his family to earn a college degree...
...addition, a nursing mother with a 4-month-old child should express milk every three hours, Walker said in the affidavit...
...They can’t explain how giving a nursing mother additional time would detrimentally affect the exam,” Currier said. “There’s no reason why women should have to choose between following medical advice and advancing their careers...