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Across Massachusetts, 71 percent of voters supported Question 2. But in Cambridge, where opposition to the measure has been strong, the proportion was nearly reversed—with 62 percent voting against.
Total voter turnout surpassed 32,000 out of about 58,000 eligible voters, but the proportion was slightly lower in the five Harvard precincts—about 52 percent on average.
The modern home, growing in size in proportion to one's SUV, filled with technology for those too lazy even to open their window blinds and flooded with the mind-numbing drivel of billboard-size televisions, seems more a reflection of the external world's chaos than an escape from...
In a dicey economy, the networks appear to have played their cards shrewdly. Broadcasters sold a higher than usual proportion of their ad time last spring--about 85%, vs. the more typical 75%. They not only got their high prices up front but also created a squeeze for the few...
“It was kind of a joke to apply to Harvard,” she says. “I was joking about how I would frame the rejection letter. I don’t know anyone who’s been to Harvard—it?...