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...rest is grunt work. According to Maurer, it will take between 15 and 18 months to painstakingly rub away years of dust, air pollutants and smoke from the nearby Back Bay railroad, inch by inch, which cotton swabs and cleaning solutions...
...misrepresent my real views.” And what are his real views? “The need to oppose all forms of anti-Semitism” based on “a lifelong commitment to fighting racism in all its forms.” There, however, is the rub. Paulin compares Zionists to the SS, yet at the same time excoriates T.S. Eliot, Class of 1910, as anti-Semitic, professing himself a “Philo-Semite” for whom calls for Israel’s destruction are perfectly compatible with his self-proclaimed credentials as an opponent...
...democracy, we need a few reality checkpoints at which we all crowd together, nabob and yahoo, and rub elbows and get a clue about who lives here other than us. The draft-board physical used to be such a checkpoint, where even a Rockefeller had to spread them and bend over, but that's gone, a casualty of Vietnam. The older generation that went through all those checkpoints--Central High, the cafeteria, the Army, the train station--those folks learned to stand in line and accept their place in the picture, and they learned decency and kindness. I can remember...
Indeed, Boston will lend an important spirit to the next convention. The ideological base of the Democratic Party is most prominent here; this nation’s patriotic roots originate in Old North Church, the Freedom Trail, Lexington and Concord. Perhaps some of that revolutionary feeling will rub off on a party currently starving for focus—especially if they hope to beat an immensely popular wartime president...
...cautious. After a friend was attacked by a man who may have spiked her drink, Francisco Guerra developed a cardboard drink coaster that can identify two of the most popular date-rape drugs: gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and ketamine. Just place a drop of liquid on the coaster, and rub it in with your finger. If the spot turns blue, toss that cocktail. Fifteen million of these coasters have already been distributed; look for them at 7-Elevens around Christmastime. INVENTOR Francisco Guerra AVAILABILITY Now, 40 a coaster TO LEARN MORE www.drinksafetech.com...