Word: crystal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposal currently before the council, sponsored by East Harvard Square resident Terry Crystal, would severely restrict development rights on land in the vicinity of the station, cutting the maximum allowable floor area ratio (FAR) from 3.0 to 1.75, and imposing a 45-foot height limit on buildings covered by the petition. FAR is the ratio of the total floor area of a building to the area of the property on which it sits...
...Prairie skin-care company and wife of the Secretary of Commerce, griped acidly about "the hatchet job" the Washington Post magazine had done on her. "What did they call you?" Lear asked. " 'Glamorous,' " drawled Mosbacher. "Take it, honey," barked Lear. "They call me 'eccentric.' " Under the gleam of crystal refracted by lemony candlelight, Lear presided over dinner for twelve served by a squadron of waiters. Playing impresario, she deftly focused scattershot conversations into one group topic, spawning debates over the reasons matte eye-shadow sales are soaring (one theory: softens the wrinkles) and whether there will be a woman President...
...Crystal said that her proposal reflects the desires of many East Harvard Square residents...
...What we came up with was what the community wanted," said Crystal...
Because the city council is divided, 4-5, between members backed by the liberal Cambridge Civic Association and the more conservative Independents, controversial zoning changes do not often receive enough votes to pass. But Crystal said she hopes her group can obtain the necessary votes...