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...guess that the smart kids will come out all right finally. We also guess that none of the troubled ones will suddenly become untroubled, saved somehow from mediocrity or worse. In its appraising reserve, its avoidance of sentimentality, its insistence on the quotidian realities of the faltering educational system, The Class comes - quietly - as close to greatness as any movie released this year...
...would venture that Cambridge has if not the strongest, then certainly one of the strongest pension plans in the state,” said City Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87. “Certainly, for every pension system in the state, it’s been a rough year. But we’re fortunate that, because we behave more like an ant than a grasshopper, we’re more prepared to handle the economic winter than anybody else...
...city’s pay-as-you-go pension program, administered by the Cambridge Retirement System, covers employees for the City of Cambridge, the Cambridge Health Alliance, the Housing Authority, and the Redevelopment Authority. Each year, the city allocates part of its budget—$26 million in 2008—to pay the pensions of current retirees...
...received nearly 41 percent of first-place votes, with 1,493, compared to slightly over 39 per cent and 1,427 votes for rivals Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 and Alneada D. Biggers ’10. After votes were redistributed according to the Hare-Clark voting system, in which students cast single transferable votes, the Flores ticket had 1,791 votes compared to 1,634 for Schwartz...
...confirmed by the turncoat witness Tommaso Buscetta, whose testimony to legendary magistrate Giovanni Falcone in the 1980s unlocked many of the Mafia's secrets. Allowing each family to remain autonomous in its own geographic area, the Cupola was effectively tasked with preventing disputes that would threaten the whole system...