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...assassination almost a personal rebuke of Clinton. Only hours after the President, in a Washington news conference, expressed concern for the safety of members of Aristide's putative government, gunmen riddled Malary's car with bullets as it drove along a quiet street in the residential Port-au-Prince district of Turgeau, killing the minister, his chauffeur and two bodyguards. The U.S. then sought, and got, Security Council approval to impose what would amount to a blockade of Haiti. It would not use the word, which Clinton noted historically describes an act of war. But on Friday the President dispatched...
...this weekend’s town hall meeting opened a forum to demonstrate broad-based community support for clean energy and to put interested community members and groups in touch with organizations campaigning locally for clean energy. “It showed a growing interest in the 8th congressional district [of Massachusetts] for RePower America,” said spectator Todd A. Mooring, referring to Gore’s plan. Altemose said that he believed that the staff members of elected officials in attendance had obtained a better understanding of the pressing need for states to become involved in national...
...public was aware of what the recording industry is doing to Joel and others like him, they would be outraged,” Nesson said. “I believe that this outrage would be expressed in the form of [seeking] change.” In January, U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner allowed the Tenenbaum team’s original motion to allow Internet in the courtroom. The record industry then appealed Gertner’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Last Thursday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals overrode Judge Gertner?...
...Boston Public Schools plans to place TFA recruits in about 20 local positions, which Joshua Z. Biber, TFA recruiter for the greater Boston area, said was not a result of layoffs. “Even with some potential cuts in some areas, they are still making hires in the district, particularly in subject areas and local areas of high need,” Biber said. “We are only looking to fill spots that will already be empty.” But Richard F. Stutman, president of the Boston Teachers Union, said that about half of those positions...
...projects there. She designed two restaurants in the city's Grand Hotel for the chef Mathias Dahlgren. She also collaborated with a local lighting company, Wastberg, on a low-energy lamp that Design Within Reach unveiled in February. Now she's converting an old house in the financial district into a luxury bed-and-breakfast, slated to open next year. This should give her an opportunity to hit some of her favorite spots around town...