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...stipulation, say housing experts, is that if the houses are bought up at too deep a price cut, especially with housing prices so depressed right now, it could force surrounding property values further down and instead exacerbate neighborhood destabilization. That's another reason many cities would have preferred a focus on efforts to prevent foreclosure and keep existing families in those homes. Another problem is that the NSP is tacitly obliging cities to become property managers, something "local governments just aren't set up to do," says Shank, whose organization is also a licensed lender and mortgage broker that helps...
...Caputo says. “It was devastating to be plagued with injuries after sophomore year, but I realize now that my time left competing in college is coming to an end, and I want to make the most of it.”With characteristic focus, Caputo (184 lbs.) has done just that, tearing into his third campaign without a hint of lingering problems, much to the delight of his teammates.“It’s great having him back,” junior heavyweight Andrew Knapp says. “Everyone on the team looks...
...inside.“I think one of the things we feel really confident in is our big men and their post game,” Pusar said. “They have the ability to be strong down low and pass out, that’s what our focus will be: an inside-outside attack. The freshman big men have all done a great job. From an interior scoring standpoint, Keith [Wright] has asserted himself. We want him to get more touches down low.”If all goes well for the visitors today, even with injury uncertainty...
...Activists will need to lure some opponents into their corner in order to advance their cause. In light of this, the gay rights movement should focus on building acceptance, rather than falling back on divisive politics. They should seek to demonstrate that they are reasonable, that their cause is reasonable, and that they hope to achieve it through popular democratic processes...
...frankly torn on this because we don’t have full information on what the impact of what this would be,” said committee member Patty M. Nolan ’80. Other members questioned whether the discussion should focus on the larger issues surrounding controlled choice. “Do our desegregation policies support our academic goals, or do our academic goals revolve around our desegregation policies?” said committee member Joseph G. Grassi. But Simmons said that academic excellence is intertwined with socioeconomic diversity. She added that a school’s achievement...