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...sense of inevitability dominated the meeting convened last night in Allston to discuss the pros and cons of a new proposal by Harvard to swap a five-acre property in the Brighton Mills Shopping Center for the land currently occupied by the Charlesview Apartments...
...land they left behind is scarred by the detritus of war and industry. To the southwest lies the Dugway Proving Ground, where the U.S. government develops chemical and biological weapons. To the east is one of the world's largest nerve-gas incinerators. To the north is a giant magnesium plant, a major polluter. To the northwest sit a hazardous-waste incinerator and a toxic-waste landfill. The tribe's only profitable business is a municipal garbage dump serving Salt Lake City...
...paid over 40 years by a Wisconsin-based consortium of utilities, Private Fuel Storage (PFS). The band hopes to use the money to finance a health clinic, a police force and new businesses that could lure scattered tribal members back home. "People say this will destroy the land," says tribal chairman Leon Bear, who brokered the deal. "But how can you poison what is already poisoned...
...Walking out from Mass and seeing the wide expanse of land that surrounds the church made me more aware of the area that was my home, with its clear-sky afternoons, seasonal foliage, brilliant night skies...
...were concerned that the word “Jihad” would be too offensive to students and family who had lost loved ones in the September 11th attacks. According to a Crimson article published in June 2002, others were also concerned that Yasin had supported the Holy Land Foundation, an Islamic charity which has been accused of channeling funds to terrorist organizations.The Commencement committee supported Yasin, and he delivered the speech at the ceremony despite protests.Yasin remembers a girl, whose father had died at the World Trade Center on 9/11, e-mailing him before the ceremony to describe...