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...couples who filed in Cambridge were among over one thousand same-sex couples to be married across Massachusetts in the first days after the court ruling took effect...
...Harvard’s deans have their way, a thousand more students will face the same dilemma as Adams. The recently released curricular review recommendations plan for 25 percent of students—or about 200 students a semester—to study abroad during the term, up from the 11 percent who currently leave for a semester...
...celebration. The 60th anniversary of the Atlantic alliance's greatest triumph comes at the lowest point in its history. The inevitable comparison--between the righteous, successful American-led invasion and occupation of Europe and the divisive, troubled American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq--will surely launch a thousand newspaper columns...
Will hybrids go mainstream? Detroit economists are skeptical, arguing that it would take $4-per-gal. gas to significantly shift new-car buyers toward hybrids or other more fuel-efficient cars. The new hybrids will probably be priced a few thousand dollars above their conventional cousins; about $2,500 is typical now. (The Federal Government is offering a $1,500 tax deduction this year.) It's unclear whether consumers will want to spend the extra bucks if the fuel savings turn out to be minimal. But there's reason to believe that gas prices may not fall after the traditional...
...sales are expected to more than double this year, to 100,000. That's a tiny fraction of the U.S. market for new-vehicle sales, forecast to be around 17 million this year. But it's still good business. Some Honda and Toyota dealers say customers are paying several thousand dollars more than the sticker price for a hybrid now. "If we could get all we could sell, it would be our best-selling model," says Steve Curtis, a sales manager at Landers Toyota in Little Rock, Ark. A typical scene at a dealership: folks come in, see the Prius...