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Meanwhile, as the specter of incessant tests from kindergarten to law school haunts those still in diapers, the Democratic candidates seem to have their heads firmly stuck in the sand. The issue perhaps most near and dear to the hearts of students nationwide is being discussed on only one side of the fence. Could it be that the Republicans are leading the way in education these days? With Texas Governor George W. Bush presiding over one of the greatest turnarounds in state education history and the Republicans in the Senate granting $300 million more for education in the budget than...
...Sunday afternoon at Lanes 'n Games near Alewife, FM makes the metaphorical literal. Beneath the fluorescent lights of the alley, we get to know Professor Putnam up close and in the lane. In the heat of the game, we capture his personal technique, find out what he thinks about candlepin, and attempt--between frames--to grasp his theories of the decline of social capital in America with a bowler's grip...
Despite the seemingly arcane detail of city government and a near unanimity of liberal political...
...election, incumbent Kathleen L. Born had set up shop by the Church Street T stop and was handing out leaflets to Cantabrigians on their way to work. Candidate David P. Maher was standing with a bright blue campaign sign amidst a sea of supporters on the median strip near the corner of Garden Street and Mass. Ave. Nearby was incumbent Anthony D. Galluccio, cheerily waving and yelling "How are ya?" to people in cars as they passed...
This year's Halloween celebration ended with a near-riot. After some idiots in the already thinning crowd started throwing bottles at cops a little before midnight, the whole police contingent--including mounted police, a couple of police dogs, a few officers on motorcycles and dozens on foot--methodically cleared the streets in the center of town...