Word: houghton
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Although Harvard was the only bidder on most of the land, a bidding war of sorts did erupt over the tiny 1.4 acre piece of the land located between Harvard and Houghton Chemical, a small industrial company that currently operates on the parcel...
...good to have Harvard in your neighborhood, but it’s not good when Harvard takes away your neighborhood,” said Senator Steven A. Tolman, one of four local leaders who called for the Turnpike Authority to reject Harvard’s bid on the Houghton parcel. “There are a lot of very significant positives to having Harvard in your neighborhood, however this action on the 1.4 acre parcel seems totally inappropriate...
...president of Houghton Chemical—which produces industrial chemicals used in ink, photographic film and pharmaceuticals—said that the company’s location in Allston was integral to the company’s identity and added that he hopes Harvard won’t make them leave...
...months before it was published as a book, biologist Rachel Carson's eloquent, rigorous attack on the overuse of DDT and other pesticides--she called them "elixirs of death"--had already upset the chemical industry. Velsicol, maker of two top bug killers, threatened to sue the book's publisher, Houghton Mifflin, which stood firm but asked a toxicologist to recheck Carson's facts before it shipped Silent Spring to bookstores...
These plans were discussed under the tenure of Kirby’s predecessor, Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Jeremy R. Knowles and were sketched out by none other than Lewis himself...