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...here. A lot. Sometimes an umbrella alone does very little to protect you from Boston's torrential downpours which are usually accompanied buy gusty winds. And the old brick side walks of Cambridge have a way of collecting rain water and ruining shoes. If you don't like getting wet, consider transfering...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leave Fluffy With the Folks | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

Harvard Square is not landlocked. Subversives may favor cracking open a fire hydrant, but there are plenty of other ways to get wet this summer. The fountain in front of the Science Center is a prime place to cool off. Beaches are within an easy ride by public transportation. And the Charles River, while hazardous to swim in, is perfect for rowing, canoeing or sailing...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Summer in the City | 6/27/1992 | See Source »

...been hell," says Mari Cox, 37, a medical assistant in Kansas City, Kans. A wet spring and wind in the region have whipped up pollen counts, so debilitating Cox that she hasn't been gardening -- her hobby -- or even playing with her five kids. Instead she is lying low, taking antihistamines and decongestants. "I'm miserable," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Allergies Nothing to Sneeze At | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

...pumps, splash so hard, squirt so far and are so wildly popular (Larami's Super Soaker is the fastest-selling summer toy in the U.S. for the second year in a row) that some public officials fear the summer may be not just long and hot, but dangerously wet as well, if angry soakees shoot back with live ammunition. The mayor of Boston, reacting to a soaking and shooting that left a 15-year-old boy dead last month, asked city stores to take the water guns off their shelves. A Michigan state senator last week called for an outright...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Squirt, Squirt, You're Dead | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

Designing the house system early this century, then-President Abbot Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, envisioned a community of scholars--elite professors dining with wet be hind-the-ears undergraduates anxious for academic guidance...

Author: By Yin Y. Nawaday, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Resident Tutors | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

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