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...there against aviation,” the Tech quoted him saying. At her arraignment Friday, Margolis asked for $5,000 cash bail. He said that she refused to explain her sweatshirt to the MassPort employee in Terminal C, and showed “a total disregard to understand the context of the situation she’s in, which is an airport post-9/11.” Simpson’s attorney Ross E. Schreiber called the bail amount “completely unreasonable,” The Tech also reported. He argued that her active involvement...
...CONTEXT Los Angeles is considering a two-year moratorium on new fast-food stores in South L.A. It's not the only city cracking down on fatty foods: Berkeley and Arcata, Calif., limit greasy chains, while certain districts of Port Jefferson, N.Y.; Concord, Mass.; and Calistoga, Calif., ban them entirely. But critics say L.A. is ignoring a bigger issue: poverty. About 28% of its residents are poor, and fast food is a cheap dinner...
...entire team. On top of this, her last two goals, both notched this past weekend against Boston University (2-4) and Wisconsin Milwaukee (3-3), both proved to be game winners. The first goal, against the Terriers Friday evening, was all the more incredible, however, when placed in the context of the game. It came in the second overtime, after over 100 minutes of a scoreless draw, with both teams grinding to tally a hard-fought win. Just thirty seconds into the second extra frame, Wideroff received a one-time pass from Hagner, too one touch, then ripped a shot...
...approach other literature. While a thorough study of a particular country or region’s literature no doubt broadly prepares concentrators to study that of other countries, there is no reason that only the West’s English-language literature should be able to provide that larger context...
...quit Facebook altogether if the group is not removed. According to John G. Palfrey Jr. ’94, the executive director of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, while the laws for free speech are the same in cyberspace as in other contexts, hate speech on the internet poses a greater problem than in other media. “More people might see the harmful speech, it may last for longer online, and it may be repeated more extensively online than in real space,” Palfrey wrote in an e-mail...