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...action, Harvard has acknowledged the serious environmental issues and issues of responsibility to benefactors raised by a possible sale of the land for Con Ed's controversial power project...
...same time, however, Harvard has implicitly told Con Ed that when all the other battles are through, it will most likely raise its white flag at the drop of a summons...
...being hustled into a sale by Con Ed's premature announcements of optimism and success on the courtroom battlefront, the University warrants praise. But one can only continue to wonder what its reaction will be if and when the utility's real position reaches that already claimed in its public relations drivel...
...Both Con Ed and the Corps had previously agreed that no further permits were necessary, although they have been issued early in the project's long history and had expired...
...public utility, Con Ed's powers include that of eminent domain--but Lohrfink refused to acknowledge the utility might take that route, saying that Con Ed would have to consider Harvard's announcement "in light of the entire proceedings...