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Knowles’s tenure as Dean of FAS certainly did not escape from controversy. While we have criticized some of his decisions—particularly during his interim deanship—he ultimately kept the best interests of the Faculty in mind and his tenure was a boon for all the University’s departments and constituencies...
...some diseases, climate change will be boon. Take malaria - right now, the insect-borne disease is mostly confined to hot tropical areas, which is why you don't need to take quinine when you're hiking through Central Park. But if temperatures increase, the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite will be able to expand their range, while more intense rainstorms will give them more places to breed. A report this year by Australia's Center for Epidemiology and Public Health estimated that between 20 to 80 million more people will be living in malarial regions...
...price increase will encourage short-term parking, the primary purpose of meters in the Square. Clippinger also said that Cambridge will be utilizing other projects—such as additional spaces for bicycle parking—that encourage the use of other alternative means of transportation. Despite the potential boon to local businesses, some said the decision would be an inconvenience for them. Michelle M. Gittens, a student at Harvard Extension School, said she was displeased with the decision. “Right now, it’s frustrating,” she said. Gittens, who parks in Harvard Square...
...negative consequences of its economic and monetary policies for other countries - said he'd "noted with great attention the re-affirmation of American authorities... that a strong dollar was in their economic interest." A good sign, indeed. The Bush administration once saw the decline of the dollar as a boon to U.S. industry. But with investors continuing to bail on U.S. securities and monetary markets Thursday, the question now is whether American intervention alone can turn things around - or whether European politicians and central bankers must also pile on to the euro and help get their creation back...
...greatest boon to the regime's get-out-the-vote effort, however, may have come from an unlikely quarter: President Bush, who last week expressed the hope that the Iranian people would stay away from the polls. That news is more likely to inflame nationalist passions and swell the turnout. So, while large-scale disqualification of opposition candidates mean that the results won't hold too many surprises, voter turnout still could...