Word: foote
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...represent their opinions?” Come spring, Harvard will begin construction on a four-building science complex, the first piece of the largest campus expansion in the University’s history. But before Harvard officials can break ground on what will be a 589,000 square-foot construction project expected to cost nearly $1 billion, they must iron out the details for how they will spend over $21 million in community benefits. After over a month of deadlock over how to prioritize the broadly defined benefits outlined this spring, the Allston Brighton North Neighbors Forum yesterday presented...
...England. Brown has defended his government's handling of the affair, and says his response to diverse challenges in the first months after he took office prove his competence. He looked calm and in control after terrorists targeted London and Glasgow in July and when an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was followed in September by the first case of bluetongue virus affecting U.K. livestock...
Despite a 23-point loss at Big East contender Providence, help is on the way for the Harvard men’s basketball team with the return of captain Brad Unger. The forward had missed the first five games to start the season with a stress fracture in his foot. But before the Saturday night game against the Friars, he took part in pre-game drills and was in uniform for the contest, as opposed to the coat and tie look he donned for the team’s previous games. “Brad has practiced the last couple...
...Savile Row and bespoke, for me, is a passion," he says. And his new 6,800-square-foot store is testimony to the street's revitalization. A mere 18 months ago, the British press was writing obituaries for Savile Row's tailors, whose hand-sewn suits typically start at around $6,000. Even some of the oldest and most august establishments were threatened by rents that had jumped 50% in 10 years. The street also faces growing competition, both from cheap Asian knockoffs and from expensive made-to-measure suits by luxury brands such as Tom Ford and Giorgio Armani...
...tailors fear that some of the newly available retail space will be filled by men's outfitters they consider rivals. And despite rent increases, the tailors have historically paid much less than the going retail rates in the neighborhood - Savile Row tailors pay an average of $255 per square foot, while rents on nearby Regent Street are around $820 per square foot. Although the tailors will continue to receive substantial discounts, their rents will almost certainly continue to creep upward. "It will remain survival of the fittest," Rowland says...