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...year-old Chicago-native lay out his vision for the Bay State. But in a race that is rapidly becoming a fight for the middle ground, the Patrick campaign is financially lagging behind its primary opponent. Patrick urged his supporters to intensify their fund raising efforts and resist partisan labels. The 90-minute event, largely a celebration of Patrick’s vision and experience, challenged the grassroots campaign to bring more people and more money into the campaign. The Boston Globe reported yesterday that the Patrick campaign was more than $3 million behind Democratic primary opponent Mass. Attorney General...
Harvey has noted that people often have trouble with this saying and for good reason—neither one is actually true! The idea that you should overeat to fight a cold and resist food when you have a fever dates as far back as 1574, when a dictionary maker named Withals wrote, “Fasting is a great remedie[sic] of feuer...
...already sopping with societal contradictions, we must take the responsibility to stand by our words and to resist the temptation to be preachy if we aren’t sure where we really stand. If you’re planning to ascend that soapbox, make sure you’re in it for the long haul...
...overall, the episodes are as acute and thrilling as the past five seasons. Chase continues to resist the TV standards of closure and lessons learned. Instead of epiphany and reconciliation, he gives us self-deception and bitter, hilarious irony. More than once, Tony says out loud how fortunate he is. The realization is not nearly as profound as he thinks it is-it doesn't lead him to be any more humble or generous or less self-pitying than ever. But as a simple statement it is probably the most honest insight about himself he's ever...
...repair contracts. All around town its crews can be seen working to restore levees, fix flood walls and install interim floodgates and bypass pumps. But for months the mantra around New Orleans has been that in the longer term, the city must have more--namely storm protection sufficient to resist a Category 5 storm. (Katrina was at most a Category 4 when it hit land.) "We have got to feel confident the city is safe from floods, or businesses won't return," says Tom Oreck, head of a New Orleans vacuum-manufacturing company and a member of the Business Council...