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Driving in Massachusetts is on a road to becoming more of a luxury. Yesterday, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority voted to increase toll prices in a staggered fashion—by a factor that depends on whether a gas-tax increase will also be approved. In an attempt to rid the state’s transportation system of its debt, and to bolster the budget by half a billion dollars, Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 has suggested raising the gasoline tax by 19 cents in the state—nearly double its current level. His proposal, which would...
...tragedy. In 2001, Haley S. Surti ’01 was killed in a bus accident in Peru while researching for Let’s Go. Since then, the company has banned night travel and given mandatory self-defense training to all researchers before they go out on the road. The company also maintains a strict “all hours” contact policy, under which a designated member of staff at headquarters mans an emergency cell phone 24/7. As an added measure, the staffer is barred from drinking alcohol and riding the T during their shift. Let?...
...everything came so easily for Harvard this time around. The team got swept on the road twice in November. Injuries befell starters Jenny Brine and Cori Bassett, causing them to miss a combined eight games. Superstars Sarah Vaillancourt and Christina Kessler umderwent prolonged absences to play for their respective Canadian national teams. The Crimson’s powerful offense was mired in a frustrating slump...
...Credit it to whatever you like: the pressure of living up to astronomically high expectations, a tough early-season road schedule, or just plain bad luck...
...Tours' seven-day package to Ireland includes round-trip airfare from New York City or Boston to Dublin for $799 per person, a night at the Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt (just south of Dublin) and a stay at the four-star Strand Hotel in Limerick. While you're on the road (the car rental is also included), you can stay four nights at any of 1,200 Irish Farmhouse Bed & Breakfasts. The same package is available from Chicago or Washington, D.C., starting at $949, and from San Francisco starting at $1,059. Book by Feb. 27 for travel from...