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...space for Knafel, however, will have the greatest impact on those who live and worship in the area. Residents complain with good reason that the Knafel Center would further diminish what little "buffer zone" they have with hulking structures of the University, and that it would detract from Cambridge's New England character. They worry about the congestion, both pedestrian and vehicular, that could result from such a crowded block. And parishioners at the Swendenborgian Church of New Jerusalem, located at the corner of Quincy and Kirkland streets, fear Knafel would drown them in shadow. Residents...
...President's job approval rating was at a remarkable 73 percent soon after his State of the Union address. A majority of the American people seem to strongly support the President's policy agenda. In the coming months, our biggest concern should be that the recent saga will diminish the President's ability to implement...
Shelton said initial Russian reluctance to NATO expansion, seen as a threat to their borders and strategic position in Europe, would diminish as the country recognizes the advtanges of having "peaceful democratic neighbors...
...room. Fine, the two-door policy sounds good on admissions tours, and seems to make some safety sense. But who ever called for the locks to be removed? Our point--the students' point--all along has been that giving all Harvard students access to an entryway door does not diminish the degree to which that door can be considered locked. If anything, because we will be naturally both more likely to question students entering without ID and less likely to prop doors for friends or pizza delivery people, universal access would in no way make the first of those...
...being 'dead on time' or when the ever-lustful Felix fantasizes dramatically about "making his 'quietus with a bare bodkin." The solution to the mystery is not especially convoluted and veteran mystery fans will likely guess the conclusion long before the end, but in no way will this diminish their pleasure in the consistently suspenseful final chapters...