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...Mart in the Assembly Square Mall in Somerville did a brisk business in T-shirts with bloodthirsty slogans such as "Visit beautiful downtown Baghdad--while it's still there...
Today, rain, especially in the afternoon. Heavy rain toward evening will likely cause some street flooding. Becoming windy. High near 40. East wind 10 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph late in the day. Chance of rain 100 percent. Tonight, rain diminishing to drizzle. a brisk wind, low near 35. chance of precipitation near 100 percent. Tomorrow, mostly cloudy and windy. Highs...
National health insurance is an idea whose time has come . . . and gone . . . and come again, sounding a little more querulous with each return, like any good intention that has been put off much too long. It was once, way back in the 1930s, a brisk, young, up-and-coming idea. By the late '60s, when Richard Nixon first declared a health-care "crisis," it was already beginning to sound a little middle-aged and weary. Today, with the health-care situation moving rapidly beyond crisis to near catastrophe, the age-old and obvious solution has the tone of a desperate...
...local counseling service are up nearly 20% over the past six months. Business is also booming at the Massachusetts Psychological Association referral service, where out-of-work lawyers and former bond salesmen seek help in coping with stress, anxiety disorders and panic attacks. Drugstores in the region report brisk sales in Tagamet (for ulcers), Prozac (depression) and Halcion (insomnia...
Unemployment is climbing and inflation rising, but sales of Halcion (for insomnia) and Prozac (depression) are brisk. When the economy slumps, so does the national psyche...