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...said that the group has focused on Cambridge instead of other districts because many of its activities involve the city. “We really like to be involved in the Cambridge community because so many of our audience members come from Cambridge and our parade is a whole town thing, not just a Harvard thing,” said Talisa B. Friedman ’10, the Hasty Pudding’s spokeswoman. “Everyone in the Pudding had interaction with the performing arts at a very young age, and we just feel it?...
Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, spoke yesterday on American foreign policy at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Five hundred people lined up outside the American Repertory Theater beginning two and a half hours before the event to hear from the noted South African social justice advocate. Hundreds more were turned away at the door. Tutu’s talk, entitled “Goodness Triumphs Ultimately,” denounced current American foreign policy and stressed the importance of the United...
Manchester, Conn. just had its 1994. On November 6, the Republicans won a 5-4 majority on the town council, the “Board of Directors,” for the first time since 1989. They also won a 5-4 majority on the Board of Education, winning both of the town’s boards for the first time in 35 years...
...Modeling their platform after the famous “Contract with America,” the Republicans wrote a “Covenant with Manchester Taxpayers.” Mandatory referendums on town budgets requiring over 3 percent tax increases; “performance-based accounting”—whereby town departments report progress with statistics rather than subjective reports; and a new town ordinance to combat blight were among the Republicans’ promises...
...were expecting a win, not working for one. Scoffing at the Republicans’ covenant, the Democrats released a laundry list of “144 Accomplishments” ranging from the parochial—sidewalk repairs—to the head-scratching—a “town-wide reading experience.” But running on “experience” revealed a lack of ideas and voters weren’t fooled...