Word: constructive
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University has only raised about $35 million of the $90 million needed to construct the Knafel Center for Government and International Studies--most of which was donated by Sidney R. Knafel '52. FAS is still pushing ahead with construction plans...
...while some of these areas made strong progress over the summer, most remain short of their individual goals. Still, the campaign's overall $2.1-billion goal can be surpassed if other areas--such as the drive to construct new buildings on campus--make up the difference...
...drugs, rock and roll and all that other bad stuff was far, far away--across 96th Street, that is. Blight was a problem only in the abstract, a construct of my parents' liberal imaginations...
...also said that managing growth in East Somerville is a challenge. She pointed to the recent debate over whether IKEA, a furniture store chain, should be allowed to construct a 'big box' type store near the Mystic riverfront as an example of the problem the city faces. The Mystic Task Force, a group advocating pedestrian-minded redevelopment, disapproves of the new construction...
Rather than stigmatize the poor people with whom we share this city, use the tremendous potential and resources granted to you by your affiliation with this institution to effect real, structural change that will give people who are homeless the opportunities they need to construct productive, fulfilling lives for themselves...