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...group of citizens donned masks and gaudy couture and called themselves the Minutemen. Not so much groupies as avatars of the fictional superheroes, they spent World War II getting off on doing their truth-justice-and-the-American-way thing. Disbanded in 1944, they reconvened with some new personnel, and by the '60s were important factors in the country's social and foreign policy. By 1985, when the main story takes place, Eddie is one of the last original Minutemen/Watchmen still in action - and after being on the losing end of a ferocious fight in his high-rise apartment, splat...
...turmoil, the Cambridge Public School Committee announced a proposed 2.19 percent increase in the budget last night for the 2009-2010 school year, though the school system will still have to cut over $2 million in expenditures to balance the higher budget. Committee and Schools officials repeatedly said no personnel cuts will be made due to budgetary concerns, though a presentation given by Interim Superintendent Carolyn Turk said part of the $2 million would be made up through “adjusted staffing” for curricular or enrollment reasons. “We’re making reductions...
...chance of achieving remission,” Engleman said. “In lung cancer, remissions are normally hard to come by.” In addition to his research and clinical work, Lynch founded Rounds, a program at the Schwartz Center that provides a monthly forum for hospital personnel to talk about their experiences during patient treatment. The program has spread to 165 sites around the nation and involves more than 37,000 doctors. Lynch still runs the sessions for over 125 people at Mass. General, according to Julie Rosen, the Schwartz Center’s executive director...
...attempt to reduce its budget for next year by $12 million, Harvard College Library—which manages the circulation of over 11 million items—will shuffle personnel to streamline its services, and will likely be unable to avoid layoffs this spring. For now, the move will require the displacement of the 17 workers in the Widener serial services division, which catalogs incoming periodicals, to a Central Square facility currently occupied by HCL’s technical services unit, according to HCL spokeswoman Beth Brainard. To encourage further cost-cutting, administrators and senior managers of HCL?...
...from its past position of dominance in the Ivies, the team still gives the Crimson trouble every time the squad comes to town. Especially under Tommy Amaker. The coach likes to play fast—quick tempo, quick shots, and pressing defense. Last year, Amaker did not have the personnel to run his system, but this year, he does. Wins at Boston College, New Hampshire, and Dartmouth prove it. But whenever the team comes to Jadwin, things start to slow down—considerably. “Obviously Princeton keeps things in low-scoring ways, so the numbers...