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...community groups have also charged that the CRA and City Council forged a "closed-door breakfast deal" at the Sonesta Hotel on April 15 in which seven of the nine councillors allegedly gave their consent to the CRA's Triangle proposal. All the councillors vehemently deny any collusion...
Cambridge's renewal agency is headed by a five-man board of directors, four of whom are appointed by the City Manager with the Council's consent and one appointed by the Commonwealth. The Authority has the power of eminent domain in taking property. However, no renewal plan receiving Federal assistance can proceed without the final approval of the City Council...
...litany of violent gold rush crimes and horrible racist acts against Indians and Chinese, but he makes it clear that these social realities are secondary matters. "...California concealed its sins and all but banished the tragic sense. Crimes remained unacknowledged or were sentimentalized, and, as if by common consent, responsibility was forgotten in the sunshine." Because its sins were not obsessive, California could shove them under the carpet and skip along...
...Opera, it was not until 1960 that he was offered an American orchestra. The experience was a disaster. Solti was hired by the Los Angeles Philharmonic as chief conductor, only to learn that a young conductor from India named Zubin Mehta had been chosen as his assistant-without his consent. Solti quit. Nothing against Mehta, says Solti, but a matter of principle. "If I had given in on this one point, it would never have been the same. I wasn't happy then at all. no, not a bit. But today I am grateful. Because...
...Consent. The proposed new rules would allow foreign investors starting new businesses in Japan to provide all the capital for them except in 22 industries. Of these, five that are considered especially vital to the Japanese economy-including munitions, leather and large-scale retailing-would be kept permanently off-limits to majority foreign ownership. The other 17 industries, among them clothing, computer, pharmaceutical and camera-film manufacturing, would be opened to 100% outside ownership within the next three years-though some investments would still be subject to government review. The council also urged that investors be free...