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Fire stations like this new
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DEADLY DELAYS: THE DECLINE OF FIRE RESPONSE
Slower arrival at fires in US is costing lives(By Bill Dedman, Globe Correspondent)While cities and towns are closing fire stations, America's firefighters are taking longer to get to fires. This first installment of a Boston Globe investigation examines the effect on public safety.
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Fear and hope collide as Iraq braces for vote(By Thanassis Cambanis and Anne Barnard, Globe Staff)Despite renewed attacks on polling places yesterday, Iraqis lined up this morning to cast ballots for a National Assembly that will begin to put an Iraqi stamp on political and security decisions shaped by the US occupation since the American invasion nearly two years ago.
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Gillette merger opens wounds, possibilities
(By Sasha Talcott, Globe Staff)The blows fell in threes for Boston last week: the third big takeover, for the third straight year, as Gillette Co. became the third big Boston company to line up its executives in business suits, smile for the cameras, then move its corporate headquarters away.
Patriots' Kraft has led winning drive
(By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff)Everyone told him he was nuts: his banker, his wife, his friends, even his children. They said Robert K. Kraft was crazy when he turned his back on easy money and scraped together $172 million to buy the New England Patriots and their legacy as football’s biggest laughingstock. No one had ever risked so much on a
professional sports team.
Bush argues his Social Security plan aids blacks
(By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff)As President Bush prepares to accelerate his sales pitch for overhauling Social Security, he is increasingly wrapping his rhetoric in racial terms. The system, he argues, is ‘‘inherently unfair’’ to many blacks.
Virtual, real worlds unite
(By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)It's after 9 p.m. on a winter Wednesday, and the Boston Bellydance Meetup is just getting underway. Ten people sit around a long table at the Middle East Restaurant in Cambridge wrestling with a tricky problem: how to transport a sword through US airports.
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Rodney Evans: Renaissance man
For his first feature, he was drawn to Harlem's golden age -- and to a time when movies challenged convention. |
The choice
Elections in Iraq may be far more chaotic than those held in Afghanistan last fall. They may also be more meaningful. |
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A Matter of Principal
Its students are sharp. Its classrooms are diverse. And its remarkable principal is proving that a public school can excel. Why aren't there more schools like the Patrick O'Hearn? |
Cold comfort
Recipe for a surreal slumber party: tons of ice and snow at the Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada. |
Another way in
Ex-counselor working toward less-stressful college admissions for high school seniors. |
Automakers hear call of the streets
The urban lifestyle drives a major change in the way today's cars, trucks are designed. |
Improving the bottom line
Some renovations add more value than others, so think before you update. |
More guidelines add up to less food
Recently released dietary advice seems more at odds than ever with the typical American diet. |
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The fondue pot is hot again
If you didn't sell your fondue pot at your last tag sale, pull it out. Or go get one. Fondue is making a resurgence. |
Restoration hardware (and tiles, tubs, lamps, windows)
Imagine a cross between the Salvation Army and The Home Depot, where used building materials find a second home. |
Grape expectations
Slob or snob, our primer can help you make the most of this weekend’s Wine Expo. |
Generation gap?
While movies depict younger managers and older employees at odds, research suggests more harmony. |
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