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Both Wang and Lim expressed gratitude to the members of the Harvard community for their altruism...
...with the University at a crossroads in development—exhausting available resources in Cambridge while laying the groundwork for greater expansion in Allston—how Harvard deals with its neighbors has become central to the University’s interests, something beyond mere altruism...
...There’s an element of altruism, but I don’t mind admitting that it’s very much in Harvard’s institutional self-interest to be doing things like this, because there’s a very direct connection between the health of the University and the condition of our cities, ” he said...
...both responded to the global-warming threat and set up internal systems that exceed goals put forth in Kyoto. Shell and BP have vowed to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions 10% each--nearly twice the Kyoto target--Shell by 2002, BP by 2010. "This isn't an act of altruism," says Aidan Murphy of Shell. "It's a fundamental strategic issue for our business...
...There's an element of altruism, but I don't mind admitting that it's very much in Harvard's institutional self-interest to be doing things like this, because there's a very direct connection between the health of the University and the condition of our cities," said Vice President of Government, Community, and Public Affairs Paul S. Grogan. "Certainly we hope there will be short and long-term benefits to being involved...