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...have generally been very cooperative and understanding," said Andrea M. Berman, a research assistant at the Institute who was an adviser to the committee. "The policies are not to make people quit smoking, but to ask people not to smoke on the job because of the health threat of second-hand smoke [to colleagues...
CANTABRIGIANS MAY SOON GAIN some new legal protection from second-hand smoke. The Cambridge City Council heard testimony last week on a proposed law that would ban smoking in public places and limit it in the workplace. The law would not apply to dormitories or to restaurants, which are already required by a city ordinance to reserve at least one quarter of their seats for non-smokers. The council ought to make the new proposal law as soon as possible. It will provide welcome relief for the city's non-smokers without making unreasonable demands on those who smoke...
However for those undergraduates who don't have a lot of money to burn, Keezer's Harvard Community Exchange, at 140 River St., has probably been Harvard students' most popular source of second-hand formal wear for years. "It's the busiest September we've ever had. We can't even keep track of the sales," says Leonard I. Goldstein, who runs Keezer's. "There's a whole new shipment coming in Monday...
According to the ordinance's sponsors, "second-hand smoking," or the inhalation of smoke by non-smokers, prompted much of their concern. Russell, who co-sponsored the proposal, said her husband, the late Mayor Leonard J. Russell, had reacted strongly to second-hand smoke. He succumbed to throat cancer last year. Councillor Russell is asthmatic...
Some people seek to resolve this difficulty by seeking out gay or gay-centered synagogues of which there are 20 or so scattered around the country, including one in Boston. My second-hand information is that some of these congregations are truly wonderful and supportive environments for their members. For the Harvard student, however, the decision to leave campus in search of community is not easily taken or even desirable. Harvard is a community of its own, and the need to feel at home here cannot be finessed...