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where's the proofreader?

What-were-they-thinking errors in today's Brookline Tab:

- In an article on a new production of "My Fair Lady":

People liked Harrison, and that’s the trick, because Higgins has his faults, spending lots of time berating Eliza (remember the “impotent hussy” lyric?).

Um, no, I don't. Mainly because the lyric is "impudent hussy," something hussies are generally much more known for than impotence.

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what's up in Central Square?

Mass Ave. and Main Street near Central Square are blocked off, and there's lots of flashing lights; I spotted both T and Cambridge police directing traffic. Are there Red Line problems? Anybody know what's going on?

Edit: Discarded TV blown up by robot.

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"Exploitation"?

Seen on Sidney St. on the way to Central Square this morning: several guys standing around drinking coffee and wearing posterboards with handwritten signs:

IMMUNOGEN
uses contractors
that "EXPLOIT"
their workers

Anybody have any idea what this is about?

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