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...service. Many major cities today still lack robust public transportation, and to benefit its citizens and lower energy usage we need to increase, rather than curtail, mass-transit programs. It is understandable that in these tough economic times money has to come from somewhere, but alternative sources do exist. A legislative proposal that is still pending approval by the Massachusetts State Legislature calls for increasing the tax on gasoline sold in the state, a measure that could eliminate the MBTA’s budget deficit. Beyond solving the fiscal problems of the commonwealth, the proposed gas tax also promises...
...Street Corridor. “We need to be proactive for ourselves, not just sitting and waiting while Harvard decides if [it is] slowing down its expansion and planning,” Mattison said. “That doesn’t mean the neighborhood doesn’t exist. There’s still plenty of issues, opportunities to make the neighborhood better.” BRA officials have recently committed to a revitalization of community-wide planning efforts that had been sidelined in recent months due to concern over the Science Complex slowdown. Affordable housing, commercial development...
...need to be proactive for ourselves, not just sitting and waiting while Harvard decides if [it is] slowing down its expansion and planning,” Mattison said. “That doesn’t mean the neighborhood doesn’t exist. There’s still plenty of issues, opportunities to make the neighborhood better...
...roll after learning that a campaign worker said the girl wouldn't be welcome due to her support for Walter Mondale. More than 100 same-sex couples showed up at the event in 2006 with their children in an organized effort to show President Bush "that gay families exist in this country," in the words of one organizer; critics accused them of "crashing" the event. The Obamas specifically welcomed gay families this year, distributing tickets directly to gay rights organizations. Another innovation of the Obamas: this year's souvenir egg is designed to be environmentally friendly, using vegetable oil-based...
...billion stock-market valuation Satyam, India's fourth-largest I.T. company, once enjoyed before the scandal. In January, Satyam founder and chairman B. Ramalinga Raju confessed that accounts at had been fudged for years and that assets and profits to the tune of $1.6 billion did not exist. The government subsequently stepped in, appointing a board of directors to try to stabilize Satyam until a buyer could be found...