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Lifted briefly by the tide
It’s a rhythm in the city’s poorest neighborhoods that outsiders easily miss — the fleeting prosperity of the first of the month.
Joan Vennochi
Sexual misconduct claims may not sink Cain
Sexual misconduct charges didn’t drive Bill Clinton out of the White House. Why should they drive Herman Cain out of a presidential race?
SPECIAL SECTION | tOP PLACES TO WORK
Companies growing their way through tough times
Despite the sputtering economy, some Boston-area companies are building for a stronger future, which means hiring and moving to accommodate growing pains.
Islands of economic growth
Boston’s Seaport District and Cambridge’s Kendall Square have continued to generate huge amounts of investment as many other commercial areas struggle.
Gareth Cook
The truth about autism
It is now clear that many autistics have specific areas of mental superiority that have been overlooked.
A judicial haven for accused drunk drivers
Plymouth County’s courts may be the most lenient in OUI trials. Judges hear most cases without a jury and acquit just about everyone, leaving police and victims appalled.
Interactive graphic
The path to a ‘not guilty’ in Plymouth County
Follow the path of a car as it hits a house multiple times. The driver, who said he had been drinking at a bar prior to the accident, received a “not guilty” verdict for drunken driving.
special section | living longer, living better
Eating well and cooking healthfully in the later years
Just about everyone can benefit from a good diet and exercise as they age, doctors and nutritionists say.
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GIANTS at PARTIOTS | 3rd quarter
No points after two quarters
The Patriots missed a field goal at the end of the half, the closest either team has come to putting points on the board.
“We know the people get their checks every month, and we get ready for them.”
Julio Dasilveira, manager of a McDonald’s at the Roxbury Mall
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Tough race for Latino in Springfield
Jose Tosado’s campaign for mayor seems like an inevitability after 10 years on the City Council. His election, though, is anything but inevitable.
Top Places to Work
Special section
Top Places to Work - 2011
The Globe’s 2011 Top Places to Work survey ranks 100 of the best workplaces in Massachusetts.
Business
On the Hot Seat
Making ‘re-commerce’ second nature
Israel Ganot is CEO and cofounder of Boston’s Second Rotation Inc., whose Gazelle.com service lets owners of used electronic devices trade them in for cash.
Nation & World
Initial power-sharing deal reached in Greece
Greece’s embattled prime minister and main opposition leader agreed today to form an interim government to ensure the country’s new European debt deal and oversee early elections.
Sports
Heckmann brings a world of talent to BC
When Patrick Heckmann committed to BC - choosing Div. 1 college basketball over the chance to play for club teams in his homeland - it was an easy decision.
Arts
music
Joan Baez and Kris Kristofferson: Touring together at last
They’re two icons who are emblematic of their eras and genres, even as they eventually outgrew them.
Travel
Ecuador
A mother-son bonding adventure in the Galápagos Islands
Globe staff writer David Abel and his mother sidestep marine iguanas and peer at sea lions in the remote Galápagos.
Books
book review
‘Civilization’ by Niall Ferguson
Actually, Niall Ferguson argues, China, India, and Brazil are gaining because they’ve embraced Western values while we have lost faith in them.
Opinion
“Thanks to [President Bill] Clinton, the bar for sexual misconduct is a lot higher, or lower, depending on your perspective.”
Joan Vennochi
Ideas
“Scholars who take on punk find themselves working amid bedeviling contradictions, as they try to methodically define a culture that refuses definition, rejects method, and denies the very idea of expertise.”
Leon Neyfakh