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...particularly social being. Some might call me a shut-in. Usually, whenever I need to get away from things, I can go to the top floor of Charlie's Kitchen for some peace, quiet and massive amounts of Harpoon IPA. Now, thanks to your exposé of my favorite hangout in last week's "15 nooks," Charlie's is filled with Cambridge townies and Harvard students. Thanks so much for ruining my life...
...historic hearings into the Bank of New York scandal scheduled for last week until June. "It was to have been the first ever investigative hearing by the Duma, and a number of U.S. congressmen were due to attend," says Meier. "Putin may also be trying to quiet down that one, at least until after his inauguration in May." Last week's endorsement of the START II treaty confirms the impression that, unlike Yeltsin, the new president has disciplined the Duma into doing his bidding. But it's not yet clear how, and in whose interests, he plans to use that...
...like to refocus the debate with some facts about working conditions at Harvard. These are the facts that motivate the Living Wage Campaign, and as Rudenstine's statement makes clear, they are facts that administrators like to keep very quiet...
...cooler air of Kibungo. Nereciana had sharp, slightly downcast, eager, probing eyes. When she spoke, Joseph detected a confidence in her tone; she knew what she was saying when she told of her desire to have a family. And when she talked about God, Joseph became very quiet, for he was Catholic but not so devout...
...growing more distraught about his son's predicament. "His hair has been falling out, and he's had stomach problems since this whole thing started," says Fidel Ramirez, 32, Juan Miguel's best friend since school days. "He was extremely gregarious, but now he has turned bitter and quiet. When it dawned on him that his Miami relatives were keeping Elian up there, he came to me and said, 'Hermano, they took my son--they're hitting me where it hurts most.' He cried for three days...