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							  "As Steven was saying the other night at the screening, at the end of the day we're all selling something, and we all want something, whether it's monetary or not."
							  Violent crime, gang activity, and general thuggery are not recurring themes on the Brookline police blotter. But that civic paradise is plagued by another kind of scourge — one that manifests all three of those crimes in avian form. And it isn't bird flu.
							  Boston Ballet's 'Ballets Russes'
							  Will Brandeis take the money and run?
							  Boston Ballet performs "Diaghilev's Ballets Russes Centennial Celebration" at the Wang Theater
 
				
					
					
							
							  When the Boston Newspaper Guild, the  Boston Globe 's largest union, decided to take the New York Times Company's latest contract offer to its members last week, ratification seemed like a done deal.
							  How many times have I reviewed fried calamari just in the last decade? Maybe 70, 80 times, right?
							  Will Brandeis take the money and run?
							  Back in the day, a certain brand of bar-restaurant served Greater Boston neighborhoods well with plentiful food: fried seafood, steaks and chops, and usually some Italian-American dishes.
							  Around this time four years ago, contemporary hip-hop tastemaker Dawaun Parker faced the same dilemma that most soon-to-be music-school grads negotiate: should he become a performer, a songwriter, or a barista?
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