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...units would be available to anyone. Media reports set the project's cost at around $400 million, a figure Pinewood doesn't dispute but won't confirm. So another possible benefit could be to recoup costs by selling properties that almost certainly won't go cheaply. Moreover, the land in question - which Pinewood owns - is located within the greenbelt, a swath of rural land that rings London where development is usually prohibited. The addition of homes in a country battling a housing shortage could also bolster its planning application. It won't hurt Pinewood's argument, either, that the expansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wanna Live on a Movie Set? | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...strong performance, The meet was only the Crimson’s second after a tough training trip to Florida over winter break. Harvard defeated Penn by a similar 199-96 count on January 12th. “We are still coming off a lot of dry land [training],” said Hart. “Everyone was feeling sore and broken down but really stepped up and swam well in this meet.” A mix of rookies and veterans kicked off scoring for the Crimson, as freshmen Katy Hinkle and Katherine Pickard and seniors Pangilinan and Slaight...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Steal Spotlight in Dominating Bears | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...mentioning that Dodi gave her gifts - let alone a big diamond ring. And during the August 29 phone conversation, Lady Sarah told the inquest, Diana suggested that Dodi was unsympathetic to her problems. She was "distraught" that the French newspaper Le Monde had misquoted her on the subject of land mines, making her seem critical of the government. Lady Sarah suggested that Diana speak to Dodi, but the Princess snapped that it would be "a waste of time." "From that I just did not think that the relationship had much longer to go," she testified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diana's Sister Testifies at Inquest | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...large part to increased commodity prices. Deforestation fell along with food prices in 2005 and 2006 and now both are on the rise. Silva, however, meets counter-arguments from within the government. The minister of Agriculture has rejected that theory and argued that the amount of land given over to soy has remained constant for four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Amazon Gets Less and Less Green | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

...project because of the potential ecological damage. Lula dismissed claims by his own environmental agency that the dams could cause serious harm to the environment and ordered a shakeup that resulted in the ousting of officials who opposed the project. The tender process went ahead last year, prompting a land grab nearby, Smeraldi said. "This is the result of the speculation boom over land that started in July 2007 when the Madeira dams were given the go ahead without even studying the impact on deforestation and land issues," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Amazon Gets Less and Less Green | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

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