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...Designer Disgrace Re "Paper, Plastic or Prada?" [Aug. 27]: years ago, my Italian mother-in-law gave me a string bag (which I still use) to carry my groceries in, explaining how deplorable it was to waste all those plastic and paper bags from the market. Notwithstanding the silliness of the label-conscious, how could anyone buy a reusable bag (Hermès') that stows in a calfskin case? The suffering that calves go through for the production of this vanity item is unconscionable. Nancy Pennington, SEATTLE...
...ride to Davis and a walk up College Ave. But why bother tossing off mildly peeved, tired banter with your neighbor in line? Lyndell’s Bakery, just across the street, offers up pastry classics: danishes, scones, and generously frosted cupcakes in white cardboard boxes tied with string. Abundant seating with a view of the Tufts campus is available nearby in Nathan Tufts Park. To complete the day, one could stop in at True Grounds coffee house, to enjoy fairly average coffee and cozy ambiance for reading. Now that Toscanini’s has vacated Harvard Square, you?...
...same page. As a result, the Crimson trailed for most of the first game, always within shouting distance of the Big Green but never in control. The most exciting moment of the weekend came in the first game with Harvard trailing by a score of 25-19. A string of aggressive kill attempts and nearly miraculous digs and subsequent returns by both teams built upon one another for what seemed to be a span of nearly an entire minute. The crowd grew louder and louder as the disbelief of each successive play was topped only by that which followed...
...Horn notching 16 and 12 digs, respectively. “We came out really well collectively as a team,” Mahon said. “We played well, especially in the first game. The one thing that was the cause of that loss [was] just the strings of points that go by.” Harvard jumped off to an early lead in the first frame, scoring four unanswered points behind Durwood’s serve. But a string of Huskies rallies allowed Northeastern (8-10) to tie the game at 21. After countless lead changes...
...Following last summer's war with Israel, an ongoing political crisis, and a string of assassinations, Lebanon's reputation hangs in the balance. "Wine develops as long as the country where it is produced conveys positive values," Ramzi explained. No one wanted to drink South African wine during apartheid, and Chile couldn't sell its wine as long as Pinochet was in power. "Wine is a journey," he said. "And who want to travel to a country that conveys negative values...