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...Over the coming years, America will expand and replace its aging transportation infrastructure. Including high-speed trains in this equation will shorten travel time and be a boon to long-term economic growth and the environment. If we are wise enough to embrace high-speed rail, foreign tourists will one day travel through this country and feel the same sense of wonderment that my friend did on his first day in Shanghai...
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Location: Sweet suite? With the most riverfront property of any house, Winthrop’s location is definitely a boon. Seniors are basically guaranteed views of the Charles, and Winthrop residents can be found lounging in the courtyards overlooking the river on sunny spring days (all three of them...
...tanking economy may be a boon for much of Obama's agenda, but not necessarily for the environment. "The existence of a large pool of unemployed people creates, as close as economics ever has, the possibility of a free lunch for economic policy, because it means you can get more stuff by putting people to work," says a top Administration official. "That's why I think there is a lot of potential in this moment." But the same reasoning doesn't work for a global-warming bill. "That would be more complicated," says the official. (See a photo-essay...
...This pains Israel because it means that terrorists "with blood on their hands," as the Israeli press says, will be set free to possibly strike again. As one minister said, "When the names of these terrorists are released, the earth will shake." A prisoner swap would also be a boon for Hamas because it would be seen as a political victory and strengthen its position in power-sharing talks with its rival, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is backed by the United States and is acceptable to Israel...