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...item on the school’s lobbying agenda, Harvard asked lawmakers to change the statutes governing Housing and Urban Development (HUD) subsidies...
Every week, before Cambridge’s city council gets down to business, it opens the floor for public comment. During this period, any Cantabrigian may address the council for three minutes about any item on that day’s agenda. A core group of persistent citizens stretch this rule to the limit every week to advocate for the environment, defend the rights of the disabled, and expose abuses of power...
Talk about spooky. At an intelligence trade fair known as INTELCON, to be held near Washington next week, spyware firms will sell G-men everything from satellite-image analysis to cryptography tools. But the most secretive item may be a trade-fair award, named after Reagan-era CIA Director William Casey, that will be given at an unannounced ceremony at an unspecified time and place. The undisclosed winner, a high-profile business exec, will be cited for "selfless dedication"--code for his unheralded aid to U.S. intelligence...
...good news that the economy is absolutely cranking. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke estimated that the economy grew nearly 5% in the first quarter, while unemployment has fallen to 4.7%, the lowest since 2001. But the price of gas isn't a mere macroeconomic figure. It's a pocketbook item that consumers feel every week. The economy required about 27% less energy to produce a dollar of GDP last year than it did in 1986, according to the Department of Energy. But gas prices are hurting consumers because real wage growth has declined over the past four years. The American...
Your numbers item noted the big gap in winnings paid to men and women champions at "Wimbledon, the only Grand Slam event that still pays men more" [April 17]. And why not? The women's matches are the best of only three sets, not five. Less work means less pay. I'm a firm believer in women's rights--equal pay for equal work...