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...Even amid talk of the goodwill and economic revitalization that Harvard could bring to Allston, many tenants worry that Harvard’s inevitable presence will drive up already high rents, reduce community open spaces, aggravate traffic problems and force out affordable housing projects...
...while Turner was regaining good feelings amid his second-half run, the Crimson was tortured by its decision to continue gambling with its zone defense...
...cranky lame-duck Senate and its holiday break. Lott got the deal he wanted, but the props speak to larger realities about the new department. It's a creature born of politics, haste and a leap of faith. President Bush initially rejected the concept, then embraced it last June amid revelations of large-scale pre-9/11 intelligence failures. But will merging 22 federal agencies into a single department whose primary mission is fighting terrorism actually make us any safer? Probably, the experts say--but not as safe as we might hope. A lot depends on the answers to five...
...from London by al-Qaeda's main European terror commander, Abu Doha, an Algerian Islamic extremist arrested in February 2001 trying to flee to Saudi Arabia. French investigators say Khalfaoui is also an associate of Rabah Kadre (a.k.a. Toufik), one of three North Africans arrested last month in London amid media reports that they were planning a gas attack in the Underground. Investigators suggest new attacks may be planned. Last year, "shoe bomber" Richard Reid tried to blow up a Paris-Miami flight. French police last week detained several Pakistanis suspected of having met Reid and given him a place...
...more subdued. Some of the men had spent all night in front of the station TV set, following the tense pay negotiations between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and their employers, a network of local government authorities that manage the brigades; when the talks broke down around 7 a.m., amid cries of betrayal from all sides, the firemen knew they were in for an eight-day walkout - with the possibility of two equally long strikes scheduled before Christmas. For Collis, 46, the immediate problem was financial: the firemen wouldn't be paid while on strike. "The prospect is frightening...