Face value

You can pluck it, stretch it, encourage the growth of dense hair on it. You can harness the full firepower of modern cosmetic surgery. But -- as Brandeis University psychologist Leslie Zebrowitz points out in her new book -- you can't escape your face.
interview by Ellen Barry

The Malling of Central Square

A city landlord has proposed a massive, seven-story $20 million retail/apartment complex in the heart of Central Square. At stake is not just the fate of a neighborhood, but Cambridge's future.
by Jason Gay

c o l u m n s

Don't Quote Me	by Dan Kennedy
Hue world order Somewhere over the rainbow with the New York Times. Plus, black columnists and Dianne Wilkerson, and some goose-stepping rhetoric.

Campaign Snapshot	by Yvonne Abraham
Peggy Davis-Mullen, Mickey Roache, Maureen Feeney, Bill Owens, Anthony Schinella, Gareth Saunders, Suzanne Iannella, Diane Modica

Cityscape	by Sarah McNaught
North End nausea The Freedom Trail stinks

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