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Eventually Kerry did mention Diana's situation in some speeches but only after his sister began to talk about it publicly. That confirmed something I had long suspected: Kerry is a very proper Bostonian. His apparent aloofness is actually an antique form of New England propriety. His reluctance to wear his religious faith on his sleeve is part of this ethos, as is his formal, hortatory Sunday-sermon speaking style. A strong sense of honor comes with the territory, a discomfort with swagger and braggadocio. "I once was with Kerry watching Bob Dole on television," recalls David Wade, an aide...
...common spaces of all the houses and most big lecture halls, and the common rooms in the Yard are set to be hooked up by next fall. So where do we come up short? Apart from access in outdoor courtyards (which is reasonably impractical given that the Bostonian winter seems to start in October and end two weeks before classes do), the only real shortcoming of our wireless network is that we don’t have reliable connectivity in our dorm rooms...
...AdFrank, Bostonian singer/songwriter, headlines this night of music benefiting MassEquality.Org. Likeminded singer/songwriters Annie Clark, Paula Kelley, Mary Lou Lord, Senator Jarrett Barrios, Britta Wolfrum, Representative Michael Festa and Liz Stahler add their rock tunes to the socially conscious milieu. Tickets $10. +18. 8:40 p.m. T.T. the Bear’s Place...
...author and his son are lunching at Grafton Street, discussing the novel that has shaped each of their perspectives of Harvard. The quintessential Irish Catholic Bostonian, Martin’s roots have been good to him, serving as muse for three novels that each chronicle the development of Massachusetts...
Fitting the Stereotype: Assigned to the rowdy 4077th unit in Korea (he calls it “a fetid and festering sewer”), this well-heeled Bostonian loves wine and classical music, votes Republican, has an enormous ego and turns up his nose at all things lowbrow...