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Active in neighborhood groups, the Harvard mathematics preceptor is the editor of the Cambridge Civic Journal. Winters wants to amend zoning laws to allow more housing units, invest in long-term projects for a new library and police station, and preserve the system of professional city management and the proportional representation election system...
...MBTA police officer, Peixoto has served on several police and youth advisory boards. His priorities include public safety, city maintenance, art czar, term limits and putting metal detectors in Cambridge Rindge and Latin School...
...need a leader who can unite the nation, and he has the capacity," says Emil Salim, a respected former Finance Minister. "But Gus Dur is not a healthy man." Should he die or become incapacitated, Megawati would take over as President for the remainder of his five-year term--something that could spark renewed opposition from Muslim parties, particularly if it happened before she had time to mend some political fences...
...carbohydrate diets experienced a resurgence in the mid-'90s, I dismissed them as another fad. But a funny thing began to happen. Many of the people who went on the modern Zone or Atkins diets lost weight, didn't feel deprived, and were more successful in the long term...
...employer retirement plans, the typical account has 61% in stocks. Most people should have at least 70% of their long-term savings in stocks--up to 85% if you are under age 50. If you're in good health, wait at least until age 65 to scale back. With a life expectancy into the 80s, you have lots of time...