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With a greater capacity to clean waste-water generated during storms, raw sewage that mixes with storm water and empties into the river from combined sewer outflows (CSOs) will be almost totally eliminated--a major boon for water quality...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Clean-up Efforts of River Continue Despite Setbacks | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...Harvard's recent actions have left Duehay--who feels the city got a major boon from the agreement--noticeably more sanguine...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, | Title: Harvard Hits Housing Home Run | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Despite the protesters, most in the Harvard community consider the gift a boon to furthering the cause of women at Harvard...

Author: By Jal D. Mehta, | Title: Women at Harvard | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

DIGITAL TV A boon to broadcasters? Maybe. But do we really want to see Dan Rather's pores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 14, 1997 | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

EYES IN THE SKY Some governments have been spying from the heavens for decades, but later this year the first commercial imaging satellites are scheduled to lift off. Their high-resolution photos are expected to be a boon for developers and environmentalists--as well as foreign governments and well-heeled voyeurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 3, 1997 | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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