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Mostly the offspring of minorities and veteran left-wing activists, the children are schooled in such weighty issues as why farm workers should be unionized or why gas companies should not be allowed to construct a liquefied natural gas terminal on sacred Indian land along the California coast. Instead of sitting around the campfire singing "It's a Treat to Beat Your Feet on the Mississippi Mud," they learn union songs. Even traditional camp activities-sports, crafts, horseback riding-are pursued with a radical ideology in mind. "Swimming cannot be separated from the larger issues of society-the role...
...decision by the University to construct a gymnasium for Radcliffe on the site of Observatory Hill began more than a year ago when Radcliffe officials planned to begin construction of the facility that will include basketball and tennis courts...
...decided whether the corporation will handle Boston properties. The most publicized complaints, from Boston Fair Share and Cambridge community groups, focus on the University's failure to pay taxes. But Harvard's tenants worry about their buildings' maintenance, or about possible eviction should Harvard decide to construct a new building, or convert a house into a day care center...
There is much more support for building pipelines to link West Coast oil terminals with refineries in the Midwest. Standard Oil Co. of Ohio has the most promising plan. It wants to buy 1,026 miles of underused natural gas pipelines and construct 230 miles of new line to link Long Beach with Midland, Texas; from that point, the oil would head east through existing pipelines. The $500 million project could carry half a million barrels a day and would cost considerably less than tanker transport. The Government has strongly supported the idea for four years, but the project...
...larger than the older building (522,500 sq. ft.). The new structure may be the most expensive public building to have been erected in America. Most of the $95 million that went into it came from one man, Paul Mellon−and the foundation he controls. The funds to construct the main block of the National Gallery were furnished 40 years ago by his father Andrew Mellon...