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...ranks of the Administration. The loans and grants may be seen as a public relations ploy. Harvard must deal with the local community whether it wishes to or not, and a hostile community--as has been the case lately--makes the job of the University all the more difficult. Still, the recent donations also represent a genuine desire on the part of administrators to maintain the well-being of Boston and Cambridge...
Harvard officials admit they are aware of some problems, but argue that change is always difficult...
Change is Difficult...
...meantime, HUDS says change is necessarily going to be difficult...
...McCain is able to build bipartisan coalitions on occasion. He has successfully pushed for passage of the lobbying-gift ban, the line-item veto and the repeal of the catastrophic- health-care surtax, an unfair tax on seniors. As Commerce Committee chairman, McCain has shown the ability to navigate difficult issues like Y2K liability and whether to tax goods sold over the Internet, trimming his opinions to bang out a consensus. On the ill-fated campaign-finance reform, he has shaved away so many key elements to pick up support that some zealous supporters think he has ruined the bill...