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Before Harvard could undertake such a massive project, the University had to be sure that it had a plant that was worth the fight. And even though many of the medical-related institutions had to be convinced beforehand that they were going to get a better deal by building their own oil-burning plant than they could get by sticking with the local utility, Boston Edison...
...show, that nobody knew what they were doing, that the producer had never produced, that Gordon wasn't going to do anything, that I didn't know what I was doing--I gave up. Before I ever went on. I came so close to calling up about two nights beforehand and just saying, 'Forget...
...half hours via the Massachusetts Turnpike, Interstate 80 and 91, and the Connecticut Turnpike to Exit 32 or 31. Performances in the air conditioned theatre tend to begin rather promptly at 2 p.m. or 8 p.m. and a group of singers offers madrigals on the lawn beforehand. There are free facilities for picnickers on the premises...
...trying to understand, lobby against and avoid the law. The files law, although a relatively innocuous form of government interference, may have served as a harbinger, showing Bok the futility of trying to block legislation in the final stages. It also served to show the usefulness of teaching Congress beforehand about the potential damaging side-effects of well-intentioned legislation...
Last summer Leonard sent a harshly worded memorandum to the dean of all of Harvard's faculties warning against "direct hiring"--the process of hiring someone for a job without listing it beforehand with personnel...