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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
...this kind of reasoning that prompts the frequently heard complaint from the Navy that it is being unfairly singled out to make good on Carter's campaign promise to hold down defense spending. Indeed, with ships taking six to eight years to construct, the strategic impact of a cutback in building them does not become immediately apparent; the monetary savings...
...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...