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Well, I was assaulted once. I was accompanying a co-worker to a business seizure, for non-payment of employment taxes. I was putting stickers on the trucks in the yard, and this pick-up truck comes roaring down the street and knocked the gate right off the fence. This young man, who turned out to be the taxpayer's son, leaps out of the cab and knocks me down and starts to jump on me. He was subsequently arrested...
...Days after that first failed encounter, Browne and his polo teammates returned to Pusey’s office. A Texan oil driller named Hap Sharp had donated six of his trade-out ponies to Harvard and dropped them off at Boston South Station for pick-up. “These belong to you—not to us,” Browne recalls telling Pusey as they handed him a telegram from Sharp. “They belong to Harvard.” In 1968, polo was recognized as an official Harvard club sport...
...Crossword?DIG: It depends on if I pick up the theme quickly, but around 10 to 15 minutes.RR: Would you call yourself a cruciverbalist [a constructor or solver of crossword puzzles]?DIG: Yes, but only around people who do crosswords. I’ve never used it as a pick-up line.Kyle A. Mahowald ’09, Secretary of The Harvard Crossword SocietyRoving Reporter (RR): This was a great event. So, Kyle, what’s your favorite crossword clue of all time?Kyle A. Mahowald (KAM): One of my favorite clues of all time...
...revamped in 2005 by design firm mediumbold, the HUDS Web site has become an integral source of information for the administrators and students alike. With sleek graphics and fun facts, it displays detailed menus and nutritional information. Students can order meals to go and arrange for their pick-up at dining halls across the campus. And Meyer “dialogues” through weekly posts on the HUDS blog. Last semester, students in the Environmental Science and Public Policy 10. “Environmental Policy” examined HUDS as a case study, anticipating how the Web site...
...recently-created “Green Delivery Service.” The two-week-old program is the result of a partnership with the Somerville-based Metro Pedal Power (MetroPed), a company that uses pedal-powered, three-wheeled vehicles to provide “eco-friendly pick-up and delivery services” to businesses and universities throughout the Boston area, according to its Web site. The service guarantees same- or next-day delivery for in-stock orders to Cambridge and parts of Somerville and Allston, and one-to-three day delivery to other areas in Boston. Heather L. Gain...