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...rules imposed on us, and had a number of scrapes and near-scrapes with Radcliffe, over such things as staying out too late, or failing to wear a hair net when waiting on table,” Gleason remembers. “I guess that ‘Question authority?? was in her mind long before the radical...
Just under a week before the Turnpike Authority??s chair planned to officially sign the papers and hand over the deed to Harvard, on Thursday the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) informed the Turnpike of their intent to seize the land through “eminent domain,” a rarely-used government power to forcibly buy land deemed in the public interest...
...Turnpike Authority??s response to the MBTA’s invocation of eminent domain—a letter hand-delivered to MBTA attorneys on Friday afternoon— stated that the Turnpike was “mystified by the MBTA’s action” especially since the University was prepared to “facilitate the continuation of commuter rail and freight services...
...highlight of the evening, suited members of the “Compassionate Conservative Authority?? approached the audience and asked them, in heavy Southern drawls, to complete questionnaires about their activities. The participants were photographed and invited to spin the wheel on the “Terrorist Slot Machine,” a video pop-up with “Slots for Security.” As the suits clapped and cheered, “Let’s catch a terrorist,” three photographs lined up on the screen—in this game, three...
...these infringements on civil liberties are narrow measures needed to combat terrorism and has assured the public that people will only be declared “enemy combatants” in legitimate cases of national security. But even if the government honors its pledge, it has exceeded its Constitutional authority??all Americans deserve the liberties afforded to them by the Bill of Rights, whether they are accused of terrorism or tax evasion...