Word: agreement
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Harvard has promised to distribute $100,000 in these awards each year for five-years. We understand that $500,000 is not an especially large sum of money, even within the $25 million in benefits that Harvard will disburse to Allston as part of the Cooperation Agreement for the Harvard Science Complex. However, the money is important in that it demonstrates Harvard’s real interest in fostering community in Allston. The grants are distributed by a team of Allston-Brighton residents, fostering a sense of ownership in the Harvard construction projects that has been absent in the past...
...always called for dialogue, followed by sanctions if necessary, and unlike his predecessor, Obama is now also calling for dialogue with Iran," the diplomat says. "Contents of sanction action and timetables to apply them are under discussion, but we're in perfect agreement on objectives, and methods to attain them...
...likely. Latin America's notorious zero-sum, negotiation-averse politics seem to have rumbled into Honduras like an active volcano. If the two sides can't come to an agreement now, with Zelaya in plain view of his dangerously polarized friends and foes, Latin America watchers worry that worse violence could erupt in one of the hemisphere's poorest countries. Clashes were already under way Tuesday between Zelaya supporters and soldiers and riot police swinging clubs and shooting tear gas. "Micheletti may actually be less likely to accept a settlement now, given what a bitter pill Zelaya's return...
...coalition government refuse to countenance negotiations over refugees or Jerusalem, but also, the Prime Minister, much of whose political career has been built on resisting the Oslo peace process, has sought to promote incremental improvements in Palestinian life, particularly the economy, over the search for a final two-state agreement. Obama isn't buying it. According to Israeli accounts of Tuesday's meeting, the U.S. President "scolded" Netanyahu and Abbas, declaring "We've had enough talks. We need to end this conflict. There is a window of opportunity, but it might shut." And according to these reports, Obama insisted that...
Levy, too, believes it is too early to count out Obama's effort. "America will have to recognize that in the Israelis and Palestinians, it is dealing with two deeply dysfunctional polities," he argues. "The parties simply cannot achieve a peace agreement of their own volition. And the outcome is too important for them, and for America, to leave it at the mercy of the two electorates. So at some point, I think, the Administration is going to find an appropriate moment to present and pursue an American plan for a comprehensive peace...