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...high concentration of foreclosures and subprime home loans. The cities are also supposed to acquire the properties at a discount of at least 5% from current market value. But one of the risks of that stipulation, say housing experts, is that if the houses are bought up at too deep a price cut, especially with housing prices so depressed right now, it could force surrounding property values further down and instead exacerbate neighborhood destabilization. That's another reason many cities would have preferred a focus on efforts to prevent foreclosure and keep existing families in those homes. Another problem...
...aftermath of disaster, a need to put aside painful memories and move on is natural. But in the mountains of Sichuan, the impulse to look forward is also a political decision. Too open an examination of the collapsed schools would expose deep flaws in regional governance and could unleash a flood of discontent that might be difficult for the government to control. Yet even among those who are pushing ahead, the memories of the horror are unshakable. Here are four survivors' stories...
...sneered that he didn't even know what a community organizer is and Sarah Palin--with sarcasm that made my skin crawl--remarked that she guessed that a "small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities," the insult was personal and deep. For the first time in my life, I donated financially to a political campaign--Obama's. My mother, a beloved longtime community organizer, has been gone for 10 years, yet her accomplishments in the communities she loved are still lauded and taught to a new generation. Klein's comment--"This...
Yesterday’s meeting began with professors standing two deep at the doors on one side of the Faculty Room—an attendance apparently bolstered by Smith’s efforts beforehand to stress the importance of the presentation...
...uncertainty, that could be a positive harbinger of things to come in the year.“Coach Amaker emphasized that is the type of team where we all want to play aggressive, play one style,” Pusar said. “We’re so deep, that any lineup can give us what we want. It doesn’t matter, we’re going to be the same team, and we’re going to out-compete them.”—Staff writer Ted Kirby can be reached at tjkirby@fas.harvard.edu...