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...When I was older, she led a family backpacking expedition in California’s Lassen Park. Finding a long trail through a barren desert and up a cindercone volcano, she decided we were going to hike it. Never mind the heat. We ran out of water halfway there, but somehow made it back alive. After we collapsed from exhaustion, she announced that a trek up another mountain was in order. Her conviction didn’t waver after returning hikers informed us they had been pelted by hail near the summit. This was my aunt...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Tranny for the Granny | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

...high school and college, the former Currier House resident worked as a hotdog vendor at Fenway Park. This fall, Connolly, a lifelong Bostonian, launched a campaign to sell the Boston public something different—himself...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Alumnus Thrives on Boston City Council | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...John R. Connolly ’95, these skills came at an early age as a hotdog vendor at Fenway Park...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Alumnus Thrives on Boston City Council | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...night during the high season in summer. Every Thursday and Sunday evening, teenagers and young adults used to promenade along a road nicknamed "Love Street" because of all the heavy flirting going on in between stops at ice cream parlors. Nowadays, the action has shifted to a nearby amusement park, where boys and girls walk in concentric circles moving in opposite directions around a Ferris wheel, flashing messages with their eyes faster than the speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exile on Love Street | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...light at the end of the tunnel," said a spokesman for the Assyrian Democratic Party, a Christian group. But not all single young exiles appreciate the local efforts at hospitality. "Ankawa is such a small town," said one young woman from Baghdad sitting at the local amusement park with friends. "If you get into a love situation, everyone gossips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exile on Love Street | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

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