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...slated for a Beacon St. site near the Cambridge line, will be used for research and not for the small-scale manufacturing planned for another firm's proposed Cambridge facility, Mark Ptashne, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a Genetics Institute official, said yesterday...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Somerville Officials to Discuss Regulations on DNA Research | 1/7/1981 | See Source »

City councilors agreed last night that they would send as many proposals as possible to Beacon Hill in hopes that some would get through the state legislature. If Proposition 2 1/2 goes into effect as scheduled with the next fiscal year, the city may have to lay off as many as 1000 city employees...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Council Considers Prop 2 1/2 Measures | 1/6/1981 | See Source »

...representatives of Cambridge and other municipalities will be on Beacon Hill for the next few months seeking relief and reform. But with legislators terrified of approving any new taxes in the face of Tuesday's overwhelming vote, their task will not be easy...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Wielding the Tax Axe | 11/8/1980 | See Source »

...University did not actively oppose the repeal, which authorizes Cambridge to regulate University expansion. "We didn't think the Constitution exempted us anyhow, so why oppose the change?" Roger A. Moore '53, Harvard's attorney at Beacon Hill hearings, said yesterday...

Author: By Linda S. Drucker, | Title: Statehouse Repeals Harvard Privilege | 11/4/1980 | See Source »

...extravagant and beautiful mausoleum in the world. Made of shimmering white marble from Rajasthan, its domes and minarets glow so brightly, even in moonlight, that large sections were wrapped in burlap during the most recent India-Pakistan war out of fear that Pakistani aircraft might use it as a beacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Is the Taj Mahal Doomed? | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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