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Tribe, who has called Obama “a political and rhetorical genius,” pulled up to Wilkins’ house in a red Toyota Prius just before 7 p.m. The law professor then proceeded to park illegally, facing the wrong way on a one-way street...
...movements of the past, the migration toward austerity has the deep rumblings of a widespread shift in thought, complete with a sense of mission and hope last felt in the 1960s: motivated, demographically powerful twentysomethings, who came of age shopping at Apple and Whole Foods Market and driving a Prius, expect the companies behind their brands to be nothing less than responsible. Aware thirtysomethings, who are cash rich and credit savvy, are determined to vote with their dollars. And consumers in general, according to a recent Future Laboratory report, "are becoming ... civically motivated in their shopping and purchasing habits. They...
...Everything is about simplifying, paring down, making it easier, less work," says Lillian Von Stauffenberg, a fashion insider who recently moved from New York City to London. "I only wear black and white, so I simplified my wardrobe. I'm trying to buy a Prius, because I'm obsessed with emissions. For me, it is a huge change because I've never thought that way before, and now I do. I consider the amount of garbage I produce. And all the things I buy, I ask for the least packaging possible...
Take, for example, environmentalists who advocate mandatory caps on carbon emissions. In order to halt global warming, reductions would need to be universal and compulsory, not sporadic and voluntary. Yet environmentalists still make individual efforts to reduce their carbon emissions—by buying a Prius, recycling, or paying a premium for wind energy...
While a native of Charlestown might “Pahk his cah in Havahd Yahd,” a Harvard scholar will park his Prius in a metered spot on Mount Auburn Street. Beantown’s infamously “r”-averse brogue is conspicuously absent here on campus. This slight difference in inflection underscores a vast cultural schism between those affiliated with Harvard and Boston’s locals—a divide that dampens town-gown relations and could hamper the University’s plans to expand into Allston...