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Some Harvard students reacted favorably to thetransformation of the theater and its insistenceon playing "artsy" films. "I'm glad that they willonly show quality films instead of the mindlessHollywood rubbish that is normally put out," saidJ. William G. Chettle...
...other city news, the City Council yesterday held a hearing on a proposal to enter Cambridge into a state-run recycling program that would require all residents to separate recyclable trash from other rubbish...
Residents would be required under law to bring two waste containers to the curb weekly: one filled with recyclable trash and one with everything else. The city would then transport the recyclable rubbish to a sorting and processing plant which would sell the materials to industries...
Phew! It was enough to raise the prospect of a constitutional crisis. The Queen, after all, is expected in her capacity as head of state to exercise absolute impartiality. Both Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street promptly doused the incendiary report. "Absolute rubbish!" insisted a spokesman for the Prime Minister. "Entirely without foundation," echoed a spokesman for the Queen. But most Members of Parliament, like much of the country, believed that the leaks, though perhaps not authorized, accurately reflected the Queen's views...
...workers who were on strike. Libraries, city-run museums, and swimming pools have been shuttered during the walkout. Meanwhile, last week municipal workers in Detroit followed Philadelphia's example and walked off the job for higher wages, shutting down buses, the city zoo and, yes, garbage collection. As the rubbish piled up there as well, a county judge ordered the city and unions, which represent 7,000 striking workers, to negotiate immediately...