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...government stimulus money has spilled into property markets, and prices climb as developers struggle to acquire new stock, some Chinese have grown desperate as they struggle for what they see as fair payment for their property - or simply want to hang on to their homes. The media often carries stories of the struggle getting violent. Late last month protesters shut down several major intersections in the southwestern city of Guiyang after a dozen residents were kidnapped so workers could demolish their homes. (See portraits of China's workers, from the 2009 Person of the Year special...
...during the planning process for the Harvard Square Improvement Project, a City Council appointed committee concluded that because the Pit is a visible, public area, it is relatively safe. Furthermore, the committee said, if people were not allowed to hang out there, they might start congregating in less visible areas and could potentially pose a more significant safety issue...
Rakesh Kaftey, an employee of Out of Town News also said that the Pit is a source of business, because many people who hang out there come in to buy cigarettes...
Still, even if I hadn't changed, I did not expect to feel that I could happily go back to hanging out with these people. After high school, I was able to seek out friends who had similar interests and ambitions instead of those who happened to live a bikeable distance away. And yet, as the new book Connected by Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler shows, we actually do choose our friends through proximity and shared activity. Sure, I might now select a slightly different mix from the J.P. Stevens pool - especially if you threw some Indians, black...
...short life, the Keats room is remarkably beautiful but modest in size and decoration. The small room’s rich oak walls are lined with Keats’ works, a monument to his prolific writing. His words more than his life dominate the room, but along the walls hang heirlooms of Keats’ love and life, revealing new insights into this charming figure. These personal letters casts the enormous literary figure in a different way. “They’re funny—like some of his earlier poetry,” said Heather G. Cole...