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After the City of Boston issued a 50-page report from city officials and community members on Harvard’s forecasted development in Allston for the next half-century this August, some residents said the document raised concerns about the University’s ability to adequately incorporate the city’s suggestions. The report, known as a scoping determination, is the longest in the city’s history, according to Boston Redevelopment Authority officials and is directed at Harvard’s 50-year master plan in the Boston neighborhood across the Charles River. The document...
...evening of August 28th, 2008, is already being called one of the largest political rallies in American history, not to mention the reach of its broadcast. On television, more Americans tuned in for Obama’s speech than did for the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, aired just a few weeks earlier. Obama and the Democratic Party represent, both literally and figuratively, a party that looks like, acts like, and identifies with the true complexity of Americans today...
...Although McCain was one of the last holdouts in his campaign for continuing the signature "Straight Talk" sessions, he now embraces a tightly supervised separation from the media pack. He has not held a press conference since early August, and reporters traveling with him can go days without seeing the candidate up close, and weeks without an opportunity to exchange a word with him. In a recent pre-convention interview with TIME, McCain dismissed many of the questions - including ones that seemed benign to the reporters posing them - as gotcha attacks, and refused to answer others. He was similarly brusque...
...military version, meanwhile, got bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Roadside bombs shredded the minimally armored vehicles, killing hundreds of U.S. troops; "up-armored" models proved safer but prone to rollover. According to an August report, the Army is testing various next-generation vehicles--including a redesigned humvee dubbed the Expanded Capacity Vehicle II--and plans to spend billions on new trucks...
...Pentagon recognizes that the mounting toll is making a hard job in Afghanistan even harder. In August, the Air Force stopped issuing the daily airpower summaries boasting only of U.S. successes. When asked why, the Air Force said in an official statement that there is a "need to review the way information is collected." But the sad reality is that so long as the war persists, Afghan civilians will be the ones paying the heaviest price...