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...country have been working feverishly to plan for what they are calling "A Day Without Immigrants," full of rallies, vigils, marches, strikes and boycotts. But a schism is growing among many of the day's organizers on how militant the message should be - whether they should encourage people to skip school, refuse to work and boycott local stores. On Monday, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, a fierce proponent of immigrant rights, released a statement encouraging his city's constituents to attend a city rally in the evening rather than abandon their posts on May 1; he even suggests bosses allot...
...some bizarre twist of fate you have remained oblivious to the fantasy baseball revolution, you may want to hold on to your innocence and skip the remainder of this column. Any student and baseball fan that values free time or the ability to fully concentrate on the rigors of a Harvard education might want to think twice before casually committing to play in a fantasy baseball league. The result of such involvement will likely be a hopeless addiction that takes precedent over all else once that first pitch crosses the plate in early April, an addiction more powerful than caffeine...
...Tannenwald said. “But that’s probably step number 10 on the solution list. It makes much more sense to talk to the professors, to talk to your TFs.” But Kline said that it was unclear what fraction of students who skip are doing so out of protest. “An ‘unoffficial boycott’ seems to me [a] paradox,” Kline wrote. “How it is to be distinguished from mere absence, or laziness?” Both Frieden and Gates said that students...
...open up a new window and have a little piece of chocolate, which is vaguely satisfying but mostly it just tickles your pickle for more chocolate. Sometimes you just lose it and eat like 5 pieces of chocolate at once, and then get so blackout that you have to skip a few days to let the dust settle. But needless to say, every silver lining has a dark, foreboding cloud around it. When you arrive at these Senior Bar events, you can never forget for a moment where you are. Just before the bar opens, a collection of strange...
...Most of Mickey Theme parks are often not the first choice of parents, but sometimes the lure of Disney is unavoidable. Fodor's Disneyland and Southern California with Kids offers detailed maps, descriptions of rides (including age ranges and scare factors) and lists of attractions and shows you can skip. Also useful are its tips on the best rest rooms for toddlers and where to find the least crowded stroller rentals...