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...written statement to the commission, Garrett called the club negligent in not preventing his injuries, which required medical attention at Mount Auburn Hospital...
Ultimate Bagel--known among students for its toaster oven, low prices and fresh coffee--is one of only two stores in the Square specializing in bagels, with Mount Auburn Street's Bruegger's Bagel Bakery being the other...
...school children on a biology field trip in south-central Minnesota spotted some unusual-looking frogs. One was missing a leg, some had withered arms, others had shrunken eyes. Of the 22 frogs caught that day, 11 were deformed. Their teacher told officials. Reports of strange frogs began to mount: a frog with nine legs; a clubfooted frog; a frog with three eyes, one of them in its throat...
...gods on Mount Olympus know, of course: Odysseus has been stranded for seven years on the island of Calypso, a goddess who loves him and has offered to "make the man immortal, ageless, all his days." But Odysseus says no. He wants to go home. Those who have never read any translation of the Odyssey will find much that is familiar in Fagles' retelling of the hero's homeward adventures. The cannibalistic one-eyed giant Polyphemus; Circe, the temptress who turns her prospective lovers into swine; the Sirens, whose songs lure seafarers to shipwreck: we have somehow heard...
...incident that began this war of words occurred about two weeks ago, on Sunday, Sept. 29, when a group of about 10 students arrived at 124 Mount Auburn St. for a job training session. The door to the lobby was locked and a sign instructed us to use another entrance or to call the security office. Some of us students chose the latter option, and we were shortly buzzed into the lobby...