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...Sundays ago, I was in the Porter Square Dunkin Donuts because I had finished running errands in the area and was waiting for Pier One to open. I wanted to buy new cushions for the chairs in my room. Because I chose to sleep late, I hadn’t eaten at Cabot and was enjoying an egg and cheese and coffee while I made flashcards for Spanish Bab at a semi-frantic pace...

Author: By Katie Disalvo, | Title: Nicer Not Necessary | 10/11/2002 | See Source »

...would then sit back down and make flashcards, later rise and go to Pier One. I would feel awkward about purchasing these “nicer not necessary” pillows until the cashier informed me that my gift certificate was not $25 but $50. Triumphant, I would eventually arrive back to my room in Cabot with groceries for baking cookies (>$10), wall adhesive ($6), a flat-back garbage pail ($2), a full stomach ($4), two seat cushions and a throw pillow ($34), and a “nicer not necessary” bike helmet ($30). Later that...

Author: By Katie Disalvo, | Title: Nicer Not Necessary | 10/11/2002 | See Source »

...rainy Friday afternoon, Pier J. DeMarco ’03 unlocked her bike outside Sever Hall. She says that even on a Friday, it’s difficult to find a spot...

Author: By Lauren A.E. Schuker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Campus Lacks Sufficient Space For Locking up Bicycles | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

Pritzker, whose family is planning a $1.2 billion Fan Pier development in South Boston, noted that she might be helpful as the University looks to build a future campus across the Charles in Allston. Fergussen wrote broadly about her 16-year experience as a College president. Other candidates expressed support for University President Lawrence H. Summers’ goals of revamping undergraduate education, internationalization and sharpening the University’s focus on the issues of our time...

Author: By David H. Gellis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Five New Members Elected to Harvard Board of Overseers | 7/12/2002 | See Source »

...only the onboard treatment that is going upscale. Cathay's second airport lounge, The Pier, at the Hong Kong International Airport offers showers, a well-equipped business center and a complimentary bar boasting a spectacular view of one of the world's busiest runways. Virgin offers door-to-door limo service and for passengers going through Heathrow, an optional stop at the Virgin Touch Salon for a postflight facial and hairstyling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Seat | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

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