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...some extent this happened. Barrett B. Jackson ’06, of Birmingham, Al., would send me, of what has been called the People’s Republic of Takoma Park, Md., an e-mail with an opinion piece published in a major newspaper expressing the “other side” of the big November question. I would promise to read the article, send her one of my own, and accidentally never reciprocate...
...statistical evidence of rising incidences of burnout, depression and divorce caused by overwork as 80% of men and 62% of women put in more than 40 hours a week on the job. An August 2003 poll for the Center for a New American Dream, an organization based in Takoma Park, Md., that focuses on quality-of-life issues, revealed that although 60% of Americans felt pressure to work too much, more than 80% wished for more family time and that 52% of them would take less money...
...stops the imposition of destructive economic policies.” In doing so, Cambridge joins a growing list of cities and institutions demanding change from the behemoth of globalization, including the usual suspects from California—San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley—as well as Boulder, Colo., Takoma Park, Md., and Milwaukee...
...spirit are leading a middle-class exodus out of the 90210 lifestyle. For example, more than 100 U.S. cities today host "simplicity circles" affiliated with the Cornell University-created Seeds of Simplicity program based in Los Angeles. Then there is the Center for a New American Dream, a Takoma Park, Md., group whose motto is "More fun, less stuff!" Says director Betsy Taylor: "This isn't just about unspoiling kids. It's about reclaiming our kids from a toxic commercial culture that has spun out of control...
Their technology is so appealing that the MBTA has already adopted it for bus schedules. Delvecchio and Karamchandani said Philadelphia, Takoma, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Calgary and St. Louis have shown interest in the ShuttleGirl Project...