Word: conned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...member of Scenic Hudson, which from the beginning has been the Storm King project's most active opposition. "There has been no change in Harvard's attitude about Black Rock Forest," Pusey wrote. "We have no desire to have land under our trusteeship used for the purposes proposed by Con...
...conclusions were not what might have been expected in light of those facts. "The issues for and against the Cornwall project have and are being adequately represented by the City of New York, conservation groups and Con Ed," the report stated. "It is not necessary for Harvard to either endorse or condemn the project...
...went on to recommend specifically that while the University should draw attention to unresolved problems and "should express itself strongly on the matter of additional industry near the Cornwall project," Harvard should take "no active steps to prevent construction...such as refusing to sell to Con Ed the 240 acres of the Black Rock that will be flooded by the storage reservoir or by presenting this land to the Palisades Interstate Park before Con Ed can obtain ownership...
...controversy over Black Rock by stating, without explanation, that there had been no change in the status of Harvard's attitude toward the forest. Environmentalists have returned to the Federal Power Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers in an attempt to reopen hearings on the project. And Con Ed, while maintaining that the pumped storage plant is still needed, has begun to move toward alternatives and has removed Storm King from its ten year plan, scheduling it now for its 20 year forecast...
REDEVELOPMENT in the Kendall Square area got off to a smashing start in the summer of 1960 when the City toppled a 125-foot water tower onto a deserted factory in a public ceremony. Thereafter, it proceeded slowly as the CRA con- centrated its limited funds on residential areas such as Riverview and Cambridgeport until 1964 when NASA expressed an interest in building an electronics research center on the Quadrangle...