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Want a gun license? Much depends on where you hang your holster.
My word!My word!
Some parts of Boston language never seem to go out of fashion.
Natural formulaNatural formula
Michio Kushi sowed the seeds of the health-food movement.
Party on!Party on!
For over 200 years Boston's harbored many a splashy protest.
Carry on, JeevesCarry on, Jeeves
The butler profession has come a long way to reach 2008.
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Yo-yo man (Globe Staff / Yoon S. Byun)

Yo-yo man

He carries the yo-yo like a secret in his pocket: a compact machine of aluminum, silicone, and string. A child's toy. The key to the universe. (By S.I. Rosenbaum, Boston Globe)

Condo, garage plan has neighbors shaken

At the nexus of Stillman, Cooper, and North Margin streets is a parking lot whose fate has been the subject of consternation and controversy in the North End. (By Jesse Nankin, Boston Globe)

In Belfast and Boston, facing life after violent death

This spring, during a break from his conflict-resolution work in Iraq, Padraig O'Malley sat down for a chat with UMass colleague Joan Becker. Becker runs the school's Urban Scholars Program, a year-round academic enrichment opportunity for Boston middle- and high-schoolers. (By Ron Fletcher, Boston Globe)