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...hour in the preposterously expensive Boston metro region does present certain standard challenges. Skyrocketing rents force a mean choice for Harvard's janitors, dining workers and security guards: Work literally 85 hours a week to bring home the money needed to pay the $1,100 one-bedroom rents that prevail in the few low-income neighborhoods left in Boston and Cambridge, or commute in from far-away postindustrial towns like Lowell and Worcester where a 65-hour work week is sufficient to provide life's basic necessities. Either option leaves precious little time for anything but work. Families, creative interests...
...Nguyen said he doubted Bagley's effort to rescind the 1995 decision would prevail...
...While it looks more and more like the party faithful will prevail in a Bush victory on Super Tuesday - where most of the primaries are reserved for registered Republicans - McCain's supporters insist that next Tuesday's mega-primaries (including California, the ultimate trophy) will be a much more germane indicator of nationwide trends than the events in Virginia, or even Washington. "The McCain people are chalking up Tuesday as nothing to worry about," says Dickerson. But while it is clear that McCain maintains a staggering degree of popularity among nontraditional GOP voters, he may be fighting a losing battle...
...world is picking up steam. The pace is by no means even, of course. Some regions, like Latin America, are up against forces they cannot control; others, like Japan, are wallowing in the economic trough of the past. The overall outlook is heady. But only the deft will prevail in this supercharged economy. More than ever, even the most nimble are ultimately at the mercy of American shareholders, who could wake up one morning soon and decide that the stock market is for the birds...
Amid the taunts and jeers of the boisterous MIT crowd, Pankau maintained his even demeanor, playing at his most relaxed in the pivotal fourth game. His silent resilience coaxed his teammates to prevail in a five-game struggle that preserved Harvard's perfect league record...