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...Pats are also arresting because in order to build this historic team, Belichick changed the game plan. To give Brady better targets to throw to, he traded for both the troubled Moss and Dolphins wideout Wes Welker. He also picked up receiver Donté Stallworth in free agency and signed linebacker Adalius Thomas to a five-year, $35 million deal, the richest unrestricted free-agent contract in team history. For a franchise known for steadily building teams through the draft, low-profile trades and free-agent deals, this overhaul was unexpected...
...part of a deal to build a state-of-the-art, four-building science complex in Allston, Harvard has pledged $25 million in benefits to the community. Meanwhile, Columbia’s entire 25-year plan is accompanied by a $150 million community benefits agreement including a new Columbia-assisted public secondary school...
...Pakistan's President Perez Musharraf to push ahead with the elections, as much as an act of defiance against terrorism as one of democracy. "This was a cowardly terrorist act designed to destabilize democratic elections ... I therefore encouraged President Musharraf to stick to the course he has outlined to build democracy and stability in Pakistan," he said. "I told President Musharraf that the U.K. is prepared to sustain and build the already significant counter-terrorism support we offer his country, not least in the effort to destroy al-Qaeda...
...seen growth, as opposed to a shifting of resources? We've seen shifting and also growth, especially green technology growth. I was in China recently. I talked to Youngman manufacturing, one of the largest manufacturers in China. They're going to build a plant here. They're going to build cars here that are all electric. ZAP cars. It's unbelievable. It's all electric. You come home at night and plug it in.... This state is booming when it comes to research and development of green technology...
What the military build-up does, however, is give Chavez's Venezuela added prestige in the continental battle for political supremacy. Chavez has brought together South America's radical leftists under his socialist banner; while Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads a more measured coalition of social democrats. The two men are friends but both countries are getting used to being at the political and economic vanguard of South America. Military strength helps with that...