Writer

David Beach

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Keeping Neighborhoods Healthy

Ten years ago a small group of North Cambridge residents decided they were fed up with the lack of health


Cleveland:

Interstate 90 is a city-parting swath through the west side of Cleveland that permits white-collar suburbanites to move easily downtown


Acts of God and Other Co-Conspirators

I MAY NEVER BE ABLE to publish the whole story about the conspiracy. The danger is too great. I am


images of a hard sell

Long after you have forgotten the skinny little kid living macho fantasies in the cockpit of the MG Midget or


Lost in the Translation

A LEKSANDR Solzhenitsyn has the type of personality that stands out in any crowd. Even seated among his fellow honorary


Life in the Firehouse (Or, The Fantasy Island In Our Own Back Yard)

T HE FIREFIGHTER leans earnestly forward and, motioning towards the others drinking coffee around the firehouse's kitchen table, says, "The


The Dark Side of Cambridge: A Night With Rescue

I T WAS a busy night for the Rescue Co. Before the five men in the crew even had an


Teacups in the Faculty Room

T HERE IS an atmosphere of quiet history in the Faculty Room. Located at the guarded heart of University Hall,


The Year of the Horse

With lion dances, fireworks and displays of martial arts, residents of Boston's Chinatown ushered in the Year of the Horse