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...American history, a charge he has not answered). An investigative panel expects to issue its findings this week. Hagedorn believes he has the votes in the Democrat-controlled legislature to pass his bill, but Governor Owens is considered unlikely to sign it. Hearings on the bill probably will not begin until later this month, by which time, Hagedorn says, "we're hoping tempers will have quieted...
...consumer-electronics retailer as not just a seller of digital TVs and portable electronics but also a provider of tech services for consumers and small businesses. With about 16% of the $124 billion domestic consumer-electronics market, Best Buy offers Anderson a solid and profitable perch from which to begin. Morgan Stanley estimates that Best Buy had sales of $27.5 billion in the fiscal year just ended, up from $12.5 billion five years ago. Archrival Circuit City has seen sales decline from $12.6 billion to an estimated $10.3 billion over the same period. Research firm Retail Forward says Best...
...instead with definite success and governmental responsiveness. In a region that has for so long stymied the voice of its people and crushed their aspirations, thousands of Lebanese demonstrators have been given new hope. Without any violence, they have overthrown a government and compelled dictatorial Syria to agree to begin a withdrawal that it has delayed for well over a decade—quite substantial achievements for less than a month’s action...
...despite Hill’s profanity-laced objections, Harvard’s expansion plans received the unanimous approval of the city Planning Board last December. Construction was set to begin this spring on Harvard’s two Riverside properties—one sandwiched between Leverett and Mather Houses, and the other down Memorial Drive at the former site of Mahoney’s Garden Center...
...Hill’s appeal of the Memorial Drive construction works its way through the court system, Harvard officials will continue to meet with residents and city politicians to iron out the disagreements in Kerry Corner. Construction there is still set to begin this spring...