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...addition to looking at ways to grow in the Longwood Area??€”which along with Mass. General Hospital is the primary recipient of medical and non-medical federal funding for biomedical research— HMS is also exploring possibilities for growth in other areas of Boston, including Crosstown...
Members of the panel said the Boston area??€™s transit services are inadequate, with a need to reduce pressure on a subway system that is well-used and overcrowded...
...substantial immigrant population of the area??€”particularly Irish, German and Jewish—attracted the Communist Party to the South End in the late nineteenth century. Trade unions staged huge May Day rallies for the Ten Hour Work Day, but the strongest community spirit was the support of South Ender John L. Sullivan, a boxer. The local favorite had pulverized his opponent in the last bare-knuckle heavyweight championship fought in the United States—though the fight lasted 75 rounds...
...change, along with several others designed to slash the bureaucracy preventing study abroad, will greatly benefit undergraduate education. Students should be encouraged to spend time in other countries—for personal enrichment as well as to ease Harvard’s housing crunch. The progress made in this area??€”slashing institutional bureaucracy and increasing student flexibility—should serve as a model for the other improvements which Harvard must urgently make to the rest of undergraduate education...
...Boston area??€™s black population, however, is experiencing the highest level of segregation. Seventy percent would have to move to be integrated. But McArdle noted that this percentage is an improvement from the 75 percent predicted by the 1990 census...