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...message can only be construed as dangerous: Drink yourselves into oblivion, kiddos. Lose your mind, man. Free your soul. The rest will follow. Or maybe as a warning: To those who want to retain full capacities, stay away from the worm...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Confessions of an Autumnophile | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

Corporations eager to attract and retain experienced workers have also begun to provide benefits that appeal to grandparents. Lucent Technologies, based in Murray Hill, N.J., offers a variety of family-friendly perks--and grandparents are included in the company's definition of family. Deborah Boyd, who has primary care of her five-year-old grandson Charles, frequently consults company-provided counselors for answers to child-rearing questions. She has also applied for and received two separate grants to enhance his child-care center: $3,000 to buy a classroom computer and $19,000 for new playground equipment. Boyd is delighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Simply Grand | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

Affordable housing is needed to retain long-term residents, but space issues are making this a difficult task, she said...

Author: By Joseph P. Chase, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mayor Dorothy Kelly Gay: Somerville's Lucky Charm | 10/6/1999 | See Source »

...competing is just what the public schools are doing. From a scrutiny of their programs to a relaxing of school choice restrictions, the schools and the district are trying to retain students...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge School Enrollment Declines | 9/29/1999 | See Source »

...took place at The Country Club just down the road in Brookline. The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf tournament between teams of twelve Americans and twelve Europeans. It consists of twenty-six matches, each worth one point. The defending champion--in this case, Europe--needs fourteen points to retain the Cup, while the other team needs fourteen and a half points to win the Cup. Unlike other tournaments, the players receive no compensation...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Editorial Notebook: All Glory to the Golfers | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

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