Word: branching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bike-share should branch out from Boston proper—certainly into Cambridge, but also into the closest suburbs, such as Newton. The farther the program’s reach, the more minds it will change, and the more car trips it will save. It will also do wonders to relieve congestion on Boston’s infamously crowded crosstown arteries and non-square squares...
...When I returned to Washington, my skeptical friends asked how my trip went. Go now, was my advice, quickly, before Cartagena is overrun by Starbucks, McDonald's and Hilton - all of which are opening branches there soon. The first time I visited the city - on a business stopover in 2004 - it had a handful of high-rise buildings. Now it has 48, with dozens more under construction. Right now the Cartagena landscape is still shaped by local stores and galleries, Colombian cooking, and the open, curious hospitality of people who haven't yet dealt with pushy hordes of foreign tourists...
...present day. Finally, we are also appreciative of the fact that Carter’s appointment to the top spot at the Pentagon’s procurement division breaks a long-standing tradition of appointing former defense industry executives and lobbyists to the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics branch. This is an essential component of breaking the “revolving door” mentality that has characterized weapons procurement policy in recent years, especially in high-technology, high-cost programs like the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. To that end, we hope that Carter...
...Community and Student Theater (BlackCAST) has received criticism for this problematic portrayal of black sexuality. Yet, organizers of Eleganza 2009 refuse to be hindered by what they claim to be simple misunderstandings. Instead, Eleganza has decided to tackle even more sensitive and poignant issues. This year, the show will branch out in an attempt to include a positive representation of varying sexual orientations alongside its previous goals of racial diversity and body acceptance. However, some members of the Harvard community worry that the controversial show might again mishandle such sensitive and complex issues in its primary ambition to entertain...
...training academies. These days, however, even that hard-line Fatah stance is no longer enough for most Palestinians here. High-ranking officials of Abbas' own party fear that he will trade away their right of return to what is now Israel. "Yassir Arafat went into negotiations with the olive branch in one hand and a weapon in the other hand," says one Beirut Fatah commander. "But all Mahmoud Abbas does is negotiate. He gets nothing, but he keeps negotiating. Palestinians believe in military operations because they want to go back to Palestine. They don't want to negotiate." (Read "After...