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...adjacent shrubbery. According to the owner of the car, Richard Palmer of Framingham, Mass., “the [valet] said the car kept accelerating.” Other than a heap of wooden fence debris and a dislodged window screen, the damage was concentrated around the 10-foot tall gash where the car penetrated the building. “At first I heard the squeal of tires,” said Scherer, who was on the second floor of the library. “The whole house shook. I went downstairs and the room was filled with smoke...
Industrial waste? Unearthed relics of Colonial Cambridge? Abnormally-large cubby-holes?What, exactly, is the origin of the tall stack of steel circles now sitting next to Bow Street’s Café Pamplona? In place of the regular outdoor dining tables, a sculpture of rusted weathering steel, crafted by sculptor DeWitt Godfrey, has come to decorate winter-chilled Pamplona.For those of you already craving summer gazpacho and outdoor relaxation, don’t worry, the bewildering edifice is not a permanent exhibition. In just a few weeks, Cafe Pamplona will return to normal. The steel circles?...
...level of polarization afflicting Haiti today makes national reconciliation a tall order. Some presidential candidates have already made it clear that should Pr?val win, they will not support him. Most aggressive is businessman Charles Henri Baker, running second in the opinion polls. Pointing to his rival's 1996-2001 tenure, he said, "Nothing positive was done for the country under his leadership. I will watch him closely. If things go the democratic way, great, but if he is back to his own ways, we're the opposition." Another leading contender, 75-year-old political science professor Leslie Manigat, says Haiti...
...streets is just as important as the debates that rage between philosophers. At first, I saw a place that had fallen apart. Walking the streets of old Havana, I passed decaying buildings in a city that formerly boasted grand, Spanish-influenced architecture. Instead of sunny-colored stucco walls amidst tall white columns, I saw rotting doorways, paintless exteriors, and decayed molding. But after a few days of speaking with my Cuban friends, I began to find myself impressed with what Cubans did have. The government provides universal health care, education, housing, and food rations. It even generously funds the arts...
...Then we were just walking down the street when all of a sudden the cops picked us up,” said Pellegrini, who is five feet, eight inches tall and weighs 230 pounds. “I didn’t even commit a crime—I was charged with attempting to commit a crime—and it landed me seven days in jail...