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...Saturday, 1 p.m., Porter Square, red line. This vacuous stop is fried for the day. Two young women pack up their professional equipment. Allison Dimond and Emily Cox have been playing at T stops since only November. Both guitarists and vocalists, these two usually submerge on Saturdays to practice and promote their music (see them at the Dogwood Cafe in Jamaica Plain on Sunday nights). They even gave a private feel-good performance for FM. Working at Radcliffe and teaching at a local charter school keep them busy during the days while musical expression keeps them smiling at nights...
...Unshaded is what handicappers call a "deep closer"--a horse that breaks slowly from the gate and sits at the back of the pack for three-quarters of the race, then makes its move over the last 200 yards. When a deep closer wins, it's like a bottom-of-the-ninth home run or a buzzer-beater--everyone knows it can happen, but no one thinks today will be the day. Unshaded rallied around the last turn and slaughtered the field down the stretch, winning by a good 10 lengths. As he pulled away and I stood shouting with...
...conducted in Portuguese, follows. It's unclear if either won the argument or if either could under the circumstances. With $150 down the drain, he takes a break for the bathroom. He'll be back in about five, he says, leaving his Player's Club card and a pack of Marlboro Lights to emphasize his intention to return. Cynthia places a marker down at his spot. The man is back in about six and resumes his place. His dour expression seems eased, somehow, but his luck only gets worse...
Freshman Lovisa Gustafsson led the pack, winning the Ivy title for the 1650-yard freestyle, the most grueling swimming event. Swimming with a small lead over Princeton's Tara Martin, Gustafsson found herself even with only one lap to go in the 66-lap race. She managed to out-touch Martin by a mere six hundredths of a second, finishing in 16:48.62 over Martin...
Iranians turned out en masse to pledge their support for change. A record 80 percent voted, with youth and women leading the pack--a good sign that women will have a larger role in political life in the future. Young people born after the 1979 revolution now compose over two-thirds of Iran's population and have been a powerful boon to the impetus for reform. Angered by high unemployment and harsh restrictions on individuals, the rising tide of Iran's future has swept the rest of the nation up in its furor. Last summer pro-reform students took...