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...large, a refreshing sampling of political legacies cleaving to the notion of equality and justice on behalf of the weak and exploited." In October, Hyperion will publish "Patriotic Poems," Kennedy?s collection of patriotic poems, song lyrics, historical documents and speeches. These non-newsy collections are a boon for journalists, who get access to the normally inaccessible Kennedy. Her last book, "The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis" spent many weeks near the top of the NYT fiction list...
...effectively used for a nice park, with benches and shrubs, perhaps some nice wildflowers and, of course, a carillon tower (with an appropriately sized carillon inside). Just think of the Sunday afternoon recitals in May. Such a park would be a benefit to the surrounding community and a boon to Harvard as well. A carillon here would do much to enrich an already wealthy cultural smorgasbord, and help to placate any residents worried that Harvard will not care for the community at large. Now it’s just up to the administration to do whatever is necessary to ring...
...even need to choregraph,” this photogenic nature of the strike stemming in no small part from the mystique of Harvard itself. But, across from the omniscient eye of John Harvard, the students realised that Harvard’s hallowed name was both a boon and a burden for their cause...
...Even after its unequivocal victory in the Senate, the bill had trouble across the Capitol, where House Republicans balked at a move they consider a boon to unions - and the Democratic Party. The Republican bill, sponsored by Rep. Don Young, took a big step away from total federal control. The GOP version maintains a commitment to sky marshals and to stricter employment screening of airport employees, but allows airports to either hire federal workers or hire security jobs out to private contractors. As the debate raged, Young was blunt in his opposition to the Senate version. "If people think there...
...Even after its unequivocal victory in the Senate, the bill is having trouble across the Capitol, where House Republicans are balking at a move they consider a boon to unions - and the Democratic Party. The Republican bill, sponsored by Rep. Don Young, takes a big step away from total federal control. The GOP version maintains a commitment to sky marshals and to stricter employment screening of airport employees, but allows airports to either hire federal workers or hire security jobs out to private contractors. Young is blunt in his opposition to the Senate version. "If people think there will...