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Even if the situation seems less than desirable, perhaps it is inevitable. The land is owned by Cambridge Savings Bank, and economics dictates that prime real estate commands sky-high rent. Alpha-Omega representative Amit Handa listed Harvard Square as one of Boston’s top three tourist destinations, along with Quincy Market and Newbury Street. Combine that with the concentrated wealth of Cambridge, and the Harvard Square location reaches a comfortable target audience...
Originally, the panel was thrust upon Bush by the Democratic Senate to win their party much-needed support during the height of Bush’s sky-high popularity. So, when this political nonsense became reality due to popular demand, Bush had to find an appropriate way to accommodate the majority of the Senate, while molding the policy to his own political objectives. Enter Kissinger, whose selection represents two motives: one practical and one ideological...
...taking back the House seemed close to impossible. Only a handful of races--maybe 40 at most--were thought to be in play, so gaining six seats was a formidable task. Once-a-decade redistricting had helped the G.O.P. a bit. And Republicans believed that George Bush's sky-high approval rating gave them a powerful talisman against the off-year election jinx that often hits the President's party...
...taking back the House seemed close to impossible. Only a handful of races-maybe 40 at most-were thought to be in play, so gaining six seats was a formidable task. Once-a-decade redistricting had helped the G.O.P. a bit. And Republicans believed that George Bush's sky-high approval rating gave them a powerful talisman against the off-year election jinx that often hits the President's party...
While we have decided to ward off harassment with our paltry broken-Russian expressions, Russian women seem to have accepted this objectification. The proliferation of tight flared pants, sky-high heels and barely-there shirts make the women on St. Petersburg’s streets look like a uniformed parade. Their stick-thin figures seem to have jumped directly out of the pages of the Russian fashion magazines that sit in the corner of my room. Left behind by my host mom’s daughters, the Russian Elles and Vogues display the same fashion spreads and give identical make...