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...bike path from Johnston Gate to Cambridge Common is among the likely changes to traffic patterns in Harvard Square proposed by a city committee and presented to the public at a meeting last night...
...residence in the Square. Although Article 5, Section 4.35 of the Cambridge City Ordinances does not specifically forbid national chains, that is in effect what it is used to do. The vast majority of fast-food businesses can’t satisfy the restrictions on size, litter and traffic enforced by the ordinance. “I think corporations sense that the Square is more for one-of-the-kind, privately-owned restaurants,” Richard Scaly of the Cambridge License Commission says. It seems Harvardians in fast food withdrawal will have to continue hopping the T to Central...
...swept streets to thwart protesters and terrorists. In Prague this week, there was very little stir in famous Wenceslas Square and in restaurants rows of starchy napkins stood tented at each empty place. Diners had either been deterred by police cordons or fled the city to avoid the potential traffic nightmare...
...Saddam may be a pariah in the West, but in Baghdad he is the father of the nation, or so the cult of Saddam would have it. His image is everywhere, in the huge bronze statues at traffic circles, in the mural-sized portraits emblazoned on government buildings and even in music videos shown on Iraqi TV that feature Saddam repeatedly firing off his rifle...
...poorest are barely getting by, but wealthier Iraqis are making the most of the Muslim holiday season. Just prior to the iftar meal that marks the end of each day's fast, traffic jams occur outside Baghdad's famous sweet shops. Iraqis in their finest suits and dresses are packing into restaurants like Al Gouta, where they dine on heaping plates of grilled Tigris river carp, shish kebab, hommus and spicy olives. The tab for a family of four runs about $12. That seems like a bargain, but in Baghdad it's the equivalent of a year's salary...