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While outsiders attempted to determine student preferences, Mayer consulted his insiders. “We really needed to work with our staff,” he says. “We went on a retreat about where to take dining services, to determine our mission statement.” Mayer says he talked to House Masters, senior tutors and administrators to get a sense of how they envisioned HUDS...
...this move is not just the death of a particular size, it is the death of an era. It’s unlikely that McDonald’s will retreat to Super Size in its original concept, and Dartboard will have to learn to sadly recite the simple word “large” after placing her orders. McDonald’s plans on “phasing” Super Size out—vanishing completely by December—in order to wean addicts like Dartboard gradually off, most likely to prevent vast withdrawal symptoms. Perhaps...
From the time of his initial retreat away from corporate life to the release of his book, Thurston has thrived in the lean mean world of stand up comedy, winning among other awards, a place as a finalist in HBO’s 2002 Comedy Arts Festival Talent Search. He also writes for The Boston Metro and ModernHumorist.com...
...have enough troops in Afghanistan to carry out reconstruction tasks, train a new Afghan army and hunt terrorists. The light footprint means fewer American troops have been put at risk, but it has left the U.S.'s Afghan allies even more exposed to danger. After U.S. patrols retreat to their firebases, Afghans say, the Taliban creep back into villages to murder collaborators, usually local policemen. "We are helpless," says Mansour Mehboob, a police chief in an outpost along the Kunar River in Afghanistan. "We have only the bullets in our [guns], nothing more. And the enemy is all around...
Though our goals for the retreat and future efforts to build a coalition are primarily centered on making change at Harvard, our intentions stretch far beyond campus activism. It is quite often that our experience as students in one of the most privileged environments in the world threatens to suffocate our knowledge of the world around us. One need not look far to see the realities of a world that is colored by segregation, actively expanding the prison and military industries as freedom and justice become less and less of a concern. Repression and violence against poor people, women...