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Brookline Building Follies
Sunday’s Boston Globe included this Brookline zoning dustup: Chapel faces opposition in Brookline Building’s design too large, critics say Those critics would be the tony Fisher Hill set, who claim a proposed new Mormon chapel on Route 9 is “far too … Continue reading
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Tagged BLDG Boston, Boston Globe, Fisher Hill, Korean Church of Boston, Mormon chapel
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It’s Good To Live In A Three-Newspaper Town (Bulldog Edition)
Thursday’s trifecta of local coverage in the Phoebe Prince suicide case #1: Thursday Boston Herald headline: Pol: No foul by school No longer seeking review in bully case Lede: South Hadley state Rep. John Scibak yesterday backed off his demand … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Katie Zezima, New York Times, Phoebe Prince
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Kanye West Hits The Grammar-Impaired Trifecta
Okay – before you accuse me of playing the grammar card, props where props are due: Kanye (Wild) West at least tried to make grammatical distinctions when he said this to Brooklyn Bodega (via the Boston Globe Names namers): I … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brooklyn Bodega, Kanye West, Names, Syn-tax
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How Many Mitt Romneys Can Dance On The Head Of A Pin (Part One)?
Even before ObamaCare squck through Capitol Hill, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts Is My Best Punchline) was furiously moonwalking away from RomneyCare, the virtually identical healthcare reform legislation Romney signed into law four years ago. Now that ObamaCare has passed, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Mitt Romney, ObamaCare, RomneyCare, Tim Cahill
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Headline o’ the Day™
From Wednesday’s Boston Globe: Exercise remains effective tool in fighting obesity, study finds The Missus: “Ya think?”
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Tagged Boston Globe, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Exercise, obesity
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Mullen The Consequences
From the Sunday Boston Globe takedown of Massachusetts Treasury Secretary Tim Cahill: Cahill awarded the lucrative advertising contract for the Massachusetts Lottery, which he controls, to the Boston ad firm Hill Holliday in 2003, despite a staff recommendation that another … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Hill Holliday, Mullen Advertising, Tim Cahill
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“Evacuation Day [Coverage] Unease”
Thursday’s Boston Globe Metro Page One headline: “EVACUATION DAY UNEASE” Subhead: In 1941, governor made the day green (Visual here at :44) Lede: A state archivist recently discovered some green ink in an unlikely place: the bottom of a bill … Continue reading
Go Muskies!
As a proud Class of ’71 Xavier University graduate (full disclosure: I’ve never given them any money, then or now), I was of course thrilled to see the old alma mater on Page One of Tuesday’s New York Times. Headline … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Derrick Jackson, New York Times, Sister Rose Ann Fleming, Xavier University
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Mothershiplifting
The New York Times flat out stole this piece from its wholly owned subsidiary, the Boston Globe. NYT, Tuesday edition: To Impress, Tufts Prospects Turn to YouTube MEDFORD, Mass. — There are videos showing off card tricks, horsemanship, jump rope … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, New York Times, Tufts University, YouTube
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C.J. Chivers (As in, Shivers)
First, a quibble. Here’s the lede from C.J. Chivers’ page one piece in Sunday’s New York Times about a Marine battalion getting its first taste of war: MARJA, Afghanistan — The helicopters landed before dawn Saturday in a poppy field … Continue reading
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