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...science project,” he said. “It’s unreasonable to think that every possible wish will come true between now and the time we have until the end of the year.” Senior Project Manager for the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) Gerald Autler told the crowd of about 90 at a public library in Allston that although the timeline the community expected for benefits to be distributed differed from the timetable of the city, the goals of the requested benefits were shared among the two parties. “I don?...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Residents Debate Allston Benefits | 11/27/2007 | See Source »

...more land, encroaching on the residential areas of our neighborhoods.” But despite their campaign statements, the candidates will likely have little power over these expansions if elected. The only entity with the ability to curtail Harvard’s activity is the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), an independent city agency that oversees development projects. During a debate in October, the two candidates criticized the current Boston government for rubber-stamping Harvard’s plans without securing anything in return. “We’ve gotten no community benefits written in stone, it?...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Plans Cast Shadow on Boston City Council Election | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...used 3-D anthropometric measuring equipment to take a very close look at 456 young Chinese women's breasts. (I know, can you imagine writing the grant proposal for that?) Their conclusions make for some tough reading. They note that 70% of British women are wearing the wrong size bra, and that among bigger-breasted women the sizing is particularly inappropriate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Buffett, Adjust My Bra | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Instead of taking two measurements (under the bust and over the bust) to find a bra size, the Hong Kong researchers took 98. The key to building a better bra, they concluded, is to use a depth-width ratio rather than just volume to figure out the cup size. Warren, can you see what's happening here? Are you going to let Chinese women have better-fitting bras than we do? Where is your sense of patriotism? First it's superior bras, then it's superior weapons, and before long the fat lady in her too-snug undergarment has sung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Buffett, Adjust My Bra | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...know, W.B., bras carry a lot more freight than just the bosomy kind. When women stand in front of the mirror, they don't see a bra that doesn't fit. They see a woman who doesn't fit--whose cup runneth over, who is insufficiently endowed, who is goat-shaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren Buffett, Adjust My Bra | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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