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...order to do that, Harvard must first contend with current tenants occupying the land under long-term lease. The Public Broadcasting Company WGBH sits in four buildings along Western Avenue with a lease until 2044. The Genzyme Corporation owns a pharmaceutical production plant beside the Charles on a lease until 2057, and CSX transportation owns railroad rights of way, known as easements, through the center of the property in perpetuity...
Along with boats from the United States, Harvard also has to contend with international competitors...
...mystic G.I. Gurdjieff philosophized that man in his normal, unenlightened state is essentially sleepwalking. Modern man, today's geeky gurus contend, is basically sleepwalking if he isn't multitasking. The newest innovations show that we can - and therefore must - be online while watching TV; be e-mail-ready while driving the car; be taking calls while ascending Mount Everest. Most evenings my 12-year-old son does his homework on the computer while instant messaging friends and talking on the phone (I figure he's calling the same person he's messaging, but I really don't want to know...
...blue and red tarpaulins. He also worked security for the geological team that surveyed the Talawaan area for Aurora; the company now plans to write off most of its $43 million investment and hand the rights over to its Indonesian partner. Whoever takes over will have to contend with Tamban...
Ibrahim's supporters contend that the trial's aim is to end his 25-year-career as one of the Arab world's leading democracy advocates. The charges, including those brought against 26 Egyptian and one Sudanese co-defendants, stem from work carried out by Ibn Khaldun, a research center founded by Ibrahim in 1988 and supported by a board that reads like an Egyptian Who's Who. Prosecutors say its projects were illegally funded by foreign sources, and that by alleging election fraud and discrimination against minority Coptic Christians, they undermined Egypt's standing. A press campaign smeared Ibrahim...