Word: jamaica
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard stands accused of numerous breaches in the administration of the 93-year-old charitable trust under which it runs the Arnold Arboretum. The Arboretum was established on, and still occupies, 265 acres in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston...
...document in the case is the indenture under which the trustees of James Arnold gave Harvard $100,000 in 1872. The money was to be held until it grew to $150,000 and until the land in Jamaica Plain could be acquired. It was then to be used to establish an arboretum containing, "as far as is practicable, all the trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, either indigenous or exotic which can be raised in the open air" at that site...
Banners of Reform. In four years, the U.S. has handed out $4.2 billion in grants, loans, goods and technical assistance−of which $3.9 billion went to the OAS nations, and the rest to British Guiana, Jamaica and other smaller countries and colonies. In turn, Latin American nations have invested from $22 billion to $24 billion in development projects, and more than $1 billion more has come from foreign lenders and international agencies. "Twenty-five million people−13 million of them little children are now receiving food from the Alliance program,"Johnson reported. "More than 1.5 million people have...
DANIEL H. GOTTESMAN Jamaica...
Some swap offers sound too good to be true. A resident of Turtle Cove, Jamaica, is willing to turn over his four-bedroom house with private beach, swimming pool set in a natural garden, car, dinghy and sailboat, plus the services of a butler, cook, maid and gardener. He wants in exchange a big-city apartment. And he will settle for any one of six cities-New York, London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Geneva. But he is choosy. After thumbing through dozens of offers, he still has not found one sumptuous enough to suit him. Time is running short...