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...Reeves said, referring to an area of Boston that in the 1960s and ’70s was known for being dangerous and full of adult entertainment venues. “People need somewhere else to go, and that cannot be Central Square.” Reeves described seeing unfamiliar people pushing shopping carts full of blankets around Central Square recently and congregating around city benches for hours at a time. He also recounted reports of illegal behavior, specifically from store owners who have told him there is prostitution in the area. In April, the city announced that...
...that former UC member Brian S. Gillis ’07-’08 as one of the program’s earliest advocates. At a Committee on College Life meeting last year, Gillis said that current e-mail addresses are confusing to those outside Harvard, especially employers unfamiliar with the “FAS” acronym. And Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd called the current restrictions on usernames—which often add numbers to the end of addresses with common names—“dehumanizing.” Sundquist said that...
...recently companies began unleashing a barrage of unfamiliar products packed with extreme amounts of caffeine. The trend started with super-caffeinated energy drinks in the '90s, but more recently scientists and marketers have created caffeinated foods and even personal-hygiene products. In the past five years, according to the market research giant Mintel, firms have launched at least 126 caffeinated food products for sale in the U.S. Twenty-nine such products have been introduced this year alone. The offerings include things like Morning Spark oatmeal, NRG potato chips and - my favorite, if only for the brazen attempt to draw kids...
Both the heavyweight and lightweight men’s varsity crew teams open this season in an unfamiliar position as underdogs. In years past, both teams have ruled the EARC and national stage—the heavyweights have 25 Eastern Sprints titles, the lightweights 24.But when the Harvard crews take to the water this year, they will be looking for redemption after a 2008 season that lacked their usual displays of dominance. The heavyweight varsity eight failed to make the Grand Final of the Sprints for the first time in 44 years. Likewise, the lightweights also fell short?...
...This is familiar territory for Democrats. The question was framed many years ago by Senator Ted Kennedy, who must have been smiling up on Cape Cod. "Health care should be a right, not a privilege," Kennedy would say, so often that it became a cliché. But it was unfamiliar turf for John McCain, who responded by wandering through his answer - halfheartedly, it seemed - saying it would be his responsibility as President to provide affordable health care to those who needed...