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Carr, meanwhile, is in the midst of building a new house from scratch for the Market Theater at the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Arrow Street. He originally sold the Upstairs on the Square property in order to expand the capacity of his 100-seat theater, but due to conflicts with city residents, the new theater will probably seat only about...
...cost of this massive overhaul? An estimated $40 billion, according to several independent analysts. That's $37.5 billion initially set aside to run the 22 agencies marked for inclusion in the new department, as well as an additional $2 billion for costs associated with starting a new agency from scratch. Those figures are disputed by the Bush administration, which claims it can run the department on the budgeted $37.5 billion...
...Just to scratch the surface, Cavanagh calls the poet’s cancellation an example of Summers’ bigotry. But Lawrence Buell, the chair of the English Department, says the decision was mostly his own. Is Cavanagh accusing Buell—equally tenured—of somehow being more receptive to whatever evil vapors he believes Summers expels? Is Cavanagh questioning Buell’s judgment? If Summers’ “bigotry is showing” by opposing a poet who appears to sanction homicide, then what does that presume about Cavanagh’s position...
...Finnish phone giant Nokia, and uses a souped-up version of the same software in your basic 3310. But what a suit: the Vertu comes in stainless steel, gold, white gold and platinum. It is sheathed in the same leather used in Rolls Royces, and the face is scratch-proof sapphire. Ruby bearings under each keypad ensure precise key press. But while everyday mobiles are getting tinier by the moment, Vertu recalls an earlier, bulkier era. Kuwaiti fashion mogul Sheik Majed al-Sabah stopped carrying his, complaining of its weight. Before you put a Vertu on your Christmas list, check...
Moore spent that night in a suit and tie, watching the action from off the ice after a coach’s decision by Mazzoleni left him as a healthy scratch for the first time in his Harvard career. The Crimson was mired in an eight-game stretch in which it won just once, and a return to national prominence was the farthest thing from most people’s minds...