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...ironic that Harvard University is resisting neighborhood calls to limit institutional development at the Arnold Arboretum, because Harvard itself opposed institutional development at the Arboretum’s doorstep at least two times in recent memory...
Forty years ago, when the city examined the possibility of building a public high school across from Forest Hills Station and adjacent to the Arboretum, it was Harvard that objected, saying that any such institutional development at its doorstep would encroach on open space at the Arboretum next door...
While Franks said he needed at least 250,000 troops, Rumsfeld wanted no more than 100,000, fearing that larger numbers gathered on Saddam's doorstep would present a tempting target. Rumsfeld was also enamored of the dubious idea, backed by a few gung-ho Pentagon civilians, that a small force could hook up with tribesmen in the north and south and get the job done quickly. That might have worked against ragtag warlords in Afghanistan, but it would be dangerous in Iraq, where Saddam has a 400,000-man army. As the plan bounced between Washington and Franks' Tampa...
...reason why L?pez, the former mayor of Mexico City, leads in voter polls - much to the chagrin of the Bush Administration, which faces the prospect of a L?pez victory bringing Latin America's stunning recent shift to the political left to America's doorstep...
...build another bridge and put more Customs people on the ones we have, how can we solve our pollution problem, with 15-year-old cars idling in lines that stretch for miles? How can you order us to educate any child who appears on our school doorstep but not give us the money to do it? Where are we going to find enough water? The congressional Hispanic caucus wants $1 billion in spending on roads and bridges and Customs officers; El Paso state senator Eliot Shapleigh and other Texas lawmakers have called for a Marshall Plan for the border...