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...teen birth rate among Massachusetts Hispanics is almost six times greater than among non-Hispanics. This is sure evidence of the deep-seated cultural and economic causes at work here. It is then unsurprising that more than a quarter of the population of Springfield is Hispanic—twice the state average. Lawrence, another host to this increase, features more than double even that. Whether conservative and often Catholic tradition or sheer economic reality can be cited for this peculiarity, we can only speculate about causes for so long. The State House instead must prepare itself to contend with this...
...Rosemary E. McGahey served as the director of residential dining services for five years before she was “involuntarily separated from employment,” in 2005, according to the complaint she filed with the Massachusetts district court. McGahey’s disability arose after she fell twice on the job in 2004. According to the complaint, she “left Harvard in unbearable pain” on Sept. 6, 2004 and never returned to work. The University paid McGahey disability benefits for two years. McGahey’s attorney, Paul M. Stein, said that after...
...runs in a single season (14) and proceeded to belt four more over the fence, setting an Ivy League record (18). Murphy ended her rookie season ranked third in the nation in home runs per game (.39). Batting cleanup, Murphy also led the Crimson in RBI with 47, over twice as many as Danielle Kerper, who had the next highest on the team with 23. “She can hit,” head coach Jenny Allard says. “She has fast hands and she’s strong. And she’s aggressive...
CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS Deena S. Shakir ’08, who visited Iraq twice as a toddler, said she only has "watercolor memories" of the land where her parents were born...
...growing consensus among national-security professionals is that a deadly weapon targeting the U.S. is far more likely to be delivered hidden in a shipping container than in the warhead of an intercontinental ballistic missile. But the $10 billion a year the Pentagon devotes to missile defenses is almost twice the amount the U.S. spends on defending the nation's borders and ports from smuggled weapons...