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...sides admit that there are some unfortunate effects of the ruling; no one enjoys seeing an admitted rapist set free, as Ernesto Miranda was years ago in the case that gave the ruling its name. However, that is the price that a society pays for a judicial system that protects the rights of the accused as well as the rights of the victims...
...After voting to admit women in the wake of the licensing board decision, the Somerset Club started by offering memberships to widows of past members. As the wives of members played a large part in the club, “the changes went almost unnoticed,” says Righter, “there were always women around, women without men. The widows were always invited.” Some of the women who joined the Somerset in the last several years include the usual old New England families—Spauldings, Sargents, Storeys, Lymans, Gardners, Saltonstalls. In fact...
...Some of its prominent members include former President of Boston University John Silber, former Bank Boston CEO Ira Stepanian, former Boston Herald GM Patrick Purcell, nightclub owner Patrick Lyons, hotelier Roger Saunders and P.R. consultant Pamela McDermott. They admitted their first black member in 1986. Despite being one of the first of the clubs to admit women, women still comprise a very small portion of its the overall membership: fewer than 100 out of 1,000 members...
...Samuel R. Hornblower ’02 is a History and Literature concentrator in John Winthrop House who likes to toot his own horn. He hails from Los Angeles and will admit most anyone...
Though TFs and grad students admit they'd like to make more money, many say that they are paid enough...