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...Crimson brought an action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the HUPD, and the chief of police of the HUPD (collectively, Harvard), seeking disclosure of the requested documents in their custody. The complaint alleged that such documents were "public records" within the meaning of G.L. c. 4, § 7, Twenty-sixth, and were subject to mandatory disclosure under...
...required to leave the region, costing the federal government millions in a buyout program and causing the again-displaced citizens much unneeded heartache. The commission’s report is not an appropriate response to the current situation in New Orleans. The debacle that was the horribly handled relief efforts in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina must not be repeated, yet the current proposal threatens just that. As Janet R. Howard, chief executive of the Bureau of Governmental Research, told The New York Times: “There are some very tough decisions that have to be made here...
...joke. Jews are “hip,” at least in the minds of producers at VH1, which has cycled a new show, “So Jewtastic,” in its repetitive holiday schedule. This hour-long ramble features giddy Jewish B-list celebrities expressing relief and excitement about how their brethren—Adam Brody (a.k.a. Seth Cohen) on “The O.C.,” John Stewart on “The Daily Show,” and Howard Stern on his morning radio show—have reached new heights of popularity...
Never mind that Israeli voters weren't quite sure precisely what that would be: Sharon's policy of strength alone seemed to promise relief from the impasse of the occupation. If Israelis had doubts about the longevity of their aging, overweight leader, most just shrugged them off. But Sharon's health became an issue in December. His doctors said he had suffered a minor stroke, but within days he was back...
When Amitav Ghosh clambers into a tiny relief plane in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, just six days after the 2004 tsunami devastated the area, he finds himself next to a loud, officious-seeming, irascible man in a safari suit, his hair carefully oiled. The visiting writer tries to sidle away, but soon his obstreperous neighbor is sharing his complaints with him. Only as they continue talking does Ghosh begin to realize that the man is, in fact, an epidemiologist, and has lost his wife, his daughter, the whole careful life he has built up, in the tragedy. The loudness...