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Sullivan's point, that the plaques do little harm, is well taken, but their prominent place within a public building--even as a historical artifact--suggests that the city of Cambridge endorses certain religious views. We cannot apply a utilitarian calculus to our civil rights. While the Constitution seeks to prevent any such state church, there is no such guarantee to local history. If the plaques would be unjustified today, we cannot keep them there because they were put up yesterday...
There is no doubt that a University with limited financial resources needs to set spending priorities. But budget cuts should fall on security concerns last. Harvard's responsibility to protect its students, faculty and administrators from bodily harm comes first...
...union. In fact, several legislators were quoted in reaction to [the vote] who are not interested in treating the GTAs any better," Shulenburger said. "We'd love to have health care for the GTAs and we hope their formally organizing won't have done their cause harm...
...they expect the commission to take a middle-ground stance: ordering Murdoch to restructure his ownership of the Fox stations, a decision that might subject him to a huge Internal Revenue Service bill but would leave his network otherwise intact. The investigation may already have done much more serious harm, allowing Fox's competitors to negotiate 10-year deals with their affiliates and thus delay Fox in its race to overtake one or more of the established networks...
...Says Paul Beeston, president of the (still) defending world champion Toronto Blue Jays: "While it's nice to be back, this is a less-than-ideal situation. The worst thing is that we still don't have a deal. The best thing is that we have done such irreparable harm to the game that the players and owners have to work together to win back the fans." --With reporting by Tammerlin Drummond/Homestead