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McGregor and Spiegelman flicked through slides of other Boston-area shopping districts—including Harvard Square and Central Square—in order to prompt the fifty-some residents present to offer suggestions about what would attract people to a new shopping district...
...It’s really becoming the heart of the new vision,” says Tim McHale, a member of the Board of Directors of the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (CDC). “A smart set of buildings can...attract people...
...ability to attract guests to the Forum is largely predicated on maintaining a respectful arena of debate. In exchange for their time and interest, we treat our guests with civility and we expect all of those in attendance to do the same. We pride ourselves on cultivating this civil discourse in the Forum, and as a result, in the event that an audience member is disruptive the Forum staff will encourage them to be respectful. Often, the most effective way to discourage disruptive behavior occurs when fellow audience members verbally regulate themselves...
...with last year's presidential election. It turned into a state-by-state free-for-all. While antiabortion lawmakers in some states are trying to ban the research--which uses cells, above, from discarded embryos or donated, unfertilized eggs--others see a potential gold mine and are trying to attract biotech firms. It's another red-state/blue-state divide, with some twists. --By Mitch Frank...
...attempt to attract more readers in an age when reading has become passé, the Associated Press (AP) is endeavoring to spice up its writing with a little more artistic flair. The media organization recently announced that it will begin providing its 1,700 members with two versions of the same news story lead: one “traditional” and one “optional.” The latter alternative will be designed for those newspapers wanting to offer readers “something fresh so they will want to pick up the newspaper and read...