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...construction of a new commuter rail and T station, another appealing option, is the subject of an ongoing Harvard-commissioned study of Allston Landing South, a rail yard recently purchased by the University and a likely focal point of its future campus...

Author: By Alexander L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Residents Weigh In On Allston Plans | 5/21/2004 | See Source »

...make Delaware's schools among the nation's most integrated. Smith says it has driven families out of public education and broken the color-blind promise of Brown. "Having grown up here, I just thought it was wrong to break up the local schools and destroy what had been focal points of communities for somebody else's ideal," says the investment banker and father of four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wilmington, Del.: Weighing the Long Ride to Diversity | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

Community is indeed the focal point of Art Squatters, which bases its motto upon Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community.” The group hopes to foster stronger bonds between Harvard and its community through all-inclusive art projects, according to Gogel. One way to do this is through seeking a “safe space” for creating and displaying art outside of the Visual and Environmental Studies Department, says Gogel...

Author: By Yingzhen Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Painting a Brighter Community | 5/7/2004 | See Source »

Before this phase of construction began about a year ago, Widener had one main reading room space. As of Saturday, there are four main reading rooms, the focal point of which is Loker reading room, which formerly housed both study space and reference desks...

Author: By Jon Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Widener Reading Room Reopens | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...best guy in the world, if I never put a foot wrong, and they feel like going at me, they can always say: Yeah, but he's got TS. So I didn't want to put myself out there too much. I didn't want it to be a focal point." Little did he know - nothing could be more appealing than that to Man U goalkeeper coach Tony Coton, always on the lookout for men who, he says, "keep simple things simple." When he first saw Howard play at the 1999 Pan Am Games, Coton liked not only his obvious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Yank In Manchester | 3/21/2004 | See Source »

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