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...Councillors said university development and growth—what councillor Henrietta Davis called the “manifest destiny of the campus”—would be a major priority for the committee...
...It’s impossible to talk about education or housing or employment with these universities when there’s a hot development issue, and there’s always a hot development issue,” said councillor Anthony D. Galluccio...
...Councillor David P. Maher, who chairs the committee, also noted that the committee has no legal grounds to prevent the universities from buying property...
...Thai army exercises near the border last month, Thaksin's government halted them, and told soldiers to counter incursions by firing blanks. Tensions between the Thai government and its military are so palpable that, according to local press reports, Thaksin endured a chewing-out last week by Chief Privy Councillor Prem Tinsulanonda. Thaksin's intentions have been called into question because his company, Shin Corporation, has signed an agreement to provide Burma with satellite services. "We're trapped in a vicious cycle," says Chulalongkorn's Panitan. "Things will get more tense before they get better...
...Cambridge’s unusual proportional representation voting system—which mandates that each candidate must receive only one-tenth of the “number one” votes in order to nab a seat on the city council—each city councillor has only a “narrow” political constituency to look out for, Healy says...