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...housing complex, owned by Charlesview, Inc., an interdenominational faith-based, non-profit organization, was constructed in 1971 but has not been adequately maintained. Yet initial offers from the University for a land swap were rebuffed by the board and the residents. Even when the board voted in 2006 to accept an offer from Harvard for 6.25 acres of land where the Brighton Mills shopping center is currently located, residents remained dissatisfied, staging protests and charging that they were being excluded from the decision-making process...
...often feels “uncomfortable” in her own ethnic group, particularly because she does not speak Chinese. “I’ve been trying to find balance,” she told the audience. “I look for people who can accept me for being Asian American.” But for many others in the room, ethic organizations provided a source of familiarity and comfort as they made the transition into college life. “The fact that we’re treated the same based on skin color and being...
...insists that the organization will remain open to new members - which potentially means Ukraine and Georgia, both of whom have been promised eventual membership, a move that would enrage Moscow. "No country outside NATO can veto NATO decisions to enlarge the organization," Rasmussen says. Nor can the alliance "accept a notion like a special Russian sphere of interest" - though Moscow has claimed precisely that. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...evolution in the country's attitude toward its minorities, particularly gays and Asians. He also notices more tolerance and diversity. "It's a slow process," he says. "There's always some resistance to change, but if the new attitudes hang around for long enough, then people start to accept them...
...them to qualify. In June, the average monthly benefit came to $294 per household and $133 per individual. Recently, officials have worked to make the program more convenient, distributing electronic benefit-card readers to farmers' markets so food stamps can be used there and encouraging more stores to accept them as payment (Costco announced this year it will take food stamps at some New York City stores on a temporary basis). As an experiment, CNN reporter Sean Callebs spent the month of February relying on food stamps. Spending $176 - the maximum amount awarded by the state of Louisiana, where...