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Three photographs are tacked to the outside foyer of the Lowell House Masters’ residence. The unobtrusively-placed and sepia-toned images, which call to mind memories of the College’s conservative past, capture a newly constructed Lowell House standing in perfect form, sidewalks smooth and bricks still tightly in place. Stamped in white lettering near the bottom of each reads the year 1930. That year, the House’s chief eponym, Abbott Lawrence Lowell—a notorious homophobe and organizer of a secretive court that once expelled eight Harvard students suspected of being gay?...
CORRECTION APPENDED Cambridge businesses may soon be widening their doors and converting small steps to smooth ramps following the adoption of a new city ordinance...
Buell said that he found the process “smooth and professional” and that the committee, communicating to him through Harris, was “very encouraging all down the line...
...synthesis of her artistic and political goals works best on “Master Teacher.” A simple hip-hop beat and her clear, soulful voice weave together a song that details the struggle to find beauty in the world. Four minutes in, the track becomes smooth-jazzy, as Badu croons over a melody appropriate for any elevator. A track that is initially about the struggle of social agitation turns to lovers sleeping under shady trees. The message is unmistakable: activism continues in the face of blissful ignorance. “New Amerykah?...
...mixture while I add the hot spaghetti for the carbonara. He reaches over and stirs the bacon, grabs a string bean from the pot and eats it. He is mad guesting, Olympic-level guesting. He's been over for two hours, and it occurs to me that the smooth bastard must have turned off his cell phone before he got here. When I leave the table to check on the lamb, he puts extra bacon on my pasta. He's doing impressions-Pat O'Brien confusedly reporting outside Clooney's Como villa, expecting Pitt and Jolie's wedding (Clooney...