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...North shore of Massachusetts Bay lie several beautiful beaches. Revere Beach, undeniably the most frequented by undergrads, is a refreshing fifteen minute walk from the T stop, but the North shore offers far more enticing if harder to reach locations. Crane Beach in Ipswich has the stereotypical “One Crazy Summer” sand dunes, ranger outpost, and luxury public restrooms, as well as a rather hefty $20 for non-member cars, and $6 for pedestrians. For those not willing to make such a journey without a car, Manchester by the Sea has all the beauty of Crane...
After the cold hits, though, the best option on the North Shore is Salem. A commuter train drops visitors on the edge of the central strip to the historic (read: touristy) district. Rife with cheesy haunted houses, a mysterious hearse tour, the house of Seven Gables, and a restaurant-strewn waterfront, Salem is a slow-sipping kind of relaxation...
There?s an old joke about an economist trapped on a desert island, with the only sustenance a crate of canned goods that had washed up on shore. His fellow survivors ask the learned man his ideas for getting a meal. His reply: "First, assume we have a can opener...
...principles for a broad-based coalition against terrorism. Building and maintaining that coalition clearly involves certain policy changes for the U.S. Moves are currently underway in Congress to lift many of the sanctions that had been imposed on Pakistan in response to its nuclear testing, the objective being to shore up the military government of General Pervez Musharraf in the face of a domestic backlash against his support for Washington's drive to get Bin Laden. Also, the Bush administration has plainly assumed a more activist role in knocking together Israeli and Palestinian heads to achieve a cease-fire, fearing...
...aftermath of catastrophe, no empathetic human being can offer a whole or holistic response. We can only, in T.S. Eliot’s evocative phrase, shore fragments against ruins, and hope they will last until time and human resilience enable rebuilding...