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...prefer to get your groove on in a classier setting, stop by the BSA’s Renaissance Ball at the Hyatt Regency in Boston. This year’s theme is “an exotic escape,” which sounds like it could be the name of a spa or the tagline on a bottle of fruity perfume. Maybe the dance floor will smell like a floral medley with a hint of tangerine. Doubtful...
...Fradin is one of those incredibly anxious parents who would prefer that her son never so much as lay eyes on a Mr. Peanut logo ever again. Noah's allergist at UCLA, Dr. Gary Rachelefsky, who has treated him since babyhood, describes her as initially "one of the most fearful mothers I ever came into contact with." She's calmer these days, but her concerns are not unfounded. A few months before Noah went off to camp, she woke up one night to find him covered in hives, coughing and gasping, and she had to jam a syringe full...
...prefer a bit of Jameson's, but milk will do." - Responding to a woman's inquiry on how the Archbishop takes his coffee New York Times...
...Service is also hardly equivalent to genuine human decency—and it’s a lot easier. I much prefer the humane banker to the manipulative social worker. I have seen one student group whose members were so busy planning their high-minded service events that they left their own bridge housing rooms filthy for nameless custodians to tidy up. Maybe they were in a rush to go petition University Hall to offer custodians higher working wages. I bet those custodians wished that the students had just thrown away their trash instead...
...stories and intentionally cheesy lyrics. While Traoré’s endearing performance was often light-hearted, some of her work has a serious tone. She paused before singing “Tounka” to express her reasons for writing it. “I would prefer to see Africa more respected...like a rich country,” she said. “Tounka” explains that “migration can’t be a solution.” It was getting late for the senior citizens of Somerville, about 10:30, so Traor?...