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...arrests of Mitchell and Barzee concluded the strange nine-month odyssey that began last summer amid a string of high-profile kidnappings that had set an already jittery nation on hyperalert. Smart's abduction was every parent's worst nightmare: she was plucked from the safety of her own bed, with a sister watching and her parents sleeping nearby. Though the 24-hour media vigil had long ago moved on, the family never gave up hope; Elizabeth's uncle Tom was even quoted in the paper on the very morning of her rescue, castigating police for slowing down the search...
From my perspective as a Harvard parent, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 has done an exceptional job (Editorial, “Lewis Deserved Better”, March 18). I have been impressed with his sensitivity to the particular needs of Harvard students and to both the upside and downside of the relentless pursuit of excellence which characterizes the current student body. I think he has been an effective advocate for trying to keep student life relatively sane: sleep more, take time off, try to focus on one or just a few extracurriculars, in short...
...boomers who are concerned about an elderly parent living alone, solace may come in the form of another kind of community-based initiative: home sharing. The Chicago Department of Aging last month launched a program to screen and match people 60 and older with compatible individuals in the same age range who are interested in sharing a home. Working with four social-service agencies, the program aims in its first year to match 30 seniors with 30 others who are willing to share their homes, says spokeswoman Tanya Mitchell. "Particularly for the older segment of this population, this will...
...Among the film's revelations: that Charles, who in Jackie's youth was a cook in the U.S. embassy in Hong Kong, had earlier served as an enforcer for Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang (KMT); that Jackie's mother had peddled opium; that from earlier marriages each parent had two children, whom they deserted in their postwar flight to Hong Kong...
Andrew Dole, Buteaux’s husband, says that the congregation hopes to work out a deal with the Massachusetts New Church Union—the statewide Swedenborgian parent organization—which could bring much-needed revenue to the Cambridge church...