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CATHARINE RAY: A WINTRY LOVE They first meet around Christmastime 1754 while he is inspecting New England's postal network. He is 48 and at the peak of his scientific glory; she is 23, vivacious, opinionated and uninhibited. Basking in his attentions on a visit to Boston from her home on Block Island, off the Rhode Island coast, Catharine Ray chatters away. She makes him sugar plums, which he pronounces better than any he has ever tasted. A few days later, they set off for Rhode Island. It is a wintry journey marked by "a wrong road and a soaking...
...Other shows do more than just dispense advice. In Bangkok, a 24-hour radio program called "Uniting to Help Each Other" pulls in 800,000 listeners during peak hours by serving as a proxy people's advocate. An errant spouse? The radio station will dispatch a therapist to provide counseling at the couple's home. A sick puppy? Callers will flood the line with recommendations on the best veterinarian. And that's only the beginning. The station helps callers find wallets left in the back of taxis and notifies the fire station when there's a blaze in the neighborhood...
...tracks or get on board. If you choose the latter course, you're in for a thoroughly satisfying ride. Just when we might have expected author J.K. Rowling's considerable imaginative energies to flag--this is the fifth book of a projected seven-volume series--she has hit peak form and is gaining speed...
...extreme measure and a bad idea if you plan to stay in your house at least five years. But if you know you'll be moving soon, do it now--or consider selling and then renting nearby for a year or two to lock in what may be peak prices. Don't be in a hurry to jump into another house. Apartment vacancies are running at 9.4% of capacity, the highest in nearly 50 years, reports the Economic Policy Institute. Rents should start coming down...
...controversy comes as the number of in-house security guards at Harvard has dwindled from a peak of 122 in the late 1980s to the mere 17 today...