Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Zeckhauser said the purchase did not violate the spirit of the agreement, but some Cambridge residents disagreed, since buying the property and holding it for Brody's low interest purchase may have prevented the unit from reaching the open market. "It is yet another example of Harvard's ongoing maneuvering to make it difficult for Cambridge residents to buy property in their city," David Sullivan, a city council candidate, said. "It is only one unit, but it is part of a consistent scheme," Sullivan said, adding "even small violations call into question Harvard credibility...
Sullivan cited Harvard's lease of a building at 18-20 Ware St. as an example of another University deal that violated the red line agreement. Harvard officials have said that the 18-20 Ware St. transaction did not violate the pledge because the University did not actually purchase the property. Furthermore, the officials say they bought the building because of an emergency situation created by subway construction in Harvard Square...
...line. "It was drawn in response to speculative pressure, to make people secure around the edges of Harvard. We have stuck to our guns with the red line," Brewer said, adding that he did not consider the Strathcona purchase a violation of the spirit or the letter of the agreement since it did not involve speculation...
...agreement is the union's first collective bargaining contract with...
...agreement would give the University more than $600,000 in exchange for land easements in the Square and the cost of soundproofing University buildings bordering on Mass...