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...Though Harvard Square restaurants report that business has not fallen dramatically, one definite casualty of the economy has been corporate meals, dealing a big blow to high-end restaurants that host such events and traditionally see many customers dining on expense accounts. The downturn has prompted fewer companies to pick up the check for recruiting events and celebrations. And instead of entertaining clients with dinner, some firms are opting for a lighter-on-the-expense-account lunch. “We see a little more business at lunch,” said Executive Chef Peter W. Davis of Henrietta?...
...Sort of School Where that angry scene ends, Qasab's confession seems to pick up. According to the document, Qasab fled his family in 2005 for Ali Hajveri Darbar, a shrine in Lahore dedicated to the memory of a Sufi saint who took Islam to the region through his example of love, charity and direct communication with God. It was a place, Qasab says, where "boys who had run away from their houses are kept." The shrine doesn't have sleeping quarters, says volunteer caretaker Muhammad Soheil, but "many people stay in the nearby area and come here to take...
...police vehicle carrying three top officials, including the chief of the state's antiterrorism squad. "One police officer got down from the said vehicle and started firing at us," Qasab says in his statement. "One bullet hit my hand and my AK-47 dropped down. I bent to pick it up when the second bullet hit me on the same hand." But his partner managed to shoot and kill all three of the senior officers. Khan pulled out the bodies and drove away...
...don’t want to spend anything at all, just skip dinner and head straight for the movie. Pick up your free ticket at the Harvard Box Office in Holyoke Center starting tomorrow, Sunday...
...public-relations campaigns of the Catholic Church's rivals do not impress Archbishop Cardoso Sobrinho. He told TIME that the Vatican rejects believers who pick and choose their issues. Rome "is not going to open the door to anyone just to get more members," he said after comparing abortion to the Holocaust. "We know that people have other ideas, but if they do, then they are not Catholics. We want people who adhere to God's laws...