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...construct his stage against the back wall of Dunkin' Donuts. Eric Talerico is a 42 year-old musician who has played in Boston subway stations for nearly 10 years. Once a private school teacher, Talerico moved to Boston in search of another classroom, but found himself on platforms instead. Performing in the subways became a full-time job. He works 40 hours a week, usually for six hours per sitting a few days during the week, and on weekends for up to 12 hours straight. "I love playing. I tried to give it up and haven't yet succeeded," Talerico...
...trifecta she hadn't asked for, but which hit anyway. The entire Habib family got rich when an exacta combining Sweet Charlie (my father's nickname) and Texas Gentleman (my uncle then lived in Houston) defied long odds. I once made the mistake of playing an exacta straight instead of both ways, and was roundly rebuked. To each story was ascribed a moral: never correct a wrong ticket, always pay attention to the names and always box the runners in an exacta. Everybody seemed full of oral histories, from the Rockaway Beach set in their sharkshin suits to the Rastafarians...
Harvard does not characteristically take the lead on issues like distance learning, Pei said, instead choosing "a measured approach...
...ordered fashion. The black community has responded to a senseless act of violence in the right way. The protestors who could have degenerated into an angry mob marched calmly, practicing as well as preaching an end to violence between civilians and police. On campus, organizations sponsoring forum discussions instead of finger-pointing. Many public officials have called for better police training, and the former New York police commissioner has admitted that police brutality is a problem. Previously, administrators tried to curb police violence by educating inner-city students on the proper way to respond to an officer--hands in plain...
...Instead, police have been turning to the diners themselves, hoping a dose of education will be the cure. CPD recently produced a public service announcement about safeguarding valuables in public areas...