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...near freezing day in Boston, Nick Deane, 35, sees his dream in jeopardy. Two years ago, for $265,000, the novice developer had bought an incomparable old factory building for conversion into 21 condominium apartments and several offices. The 19th century structure, designated a historical landmark because it has one of the oldest cast-iron facades in the Northeast, commands spectacular views of Boston. Every unit in the planned conversion was sold before Deane went to the bank for his building loan. With 10% up front from every investor in the building and all the cash he could pull together...
...President's ineffectual leadership capabilities displayed over the past three years. But I also fear that many of my liberal friends share a perception of Ted Kennedy not merely as the only leader able to "get America going again" but also as a great liberal and champion of "landmark progressive legislation" (Sept. 18 dissenting editorial...
...most of his 17 years in the Senate, Kennedy has led the Democratic Party and what is left of American liberalism. In pursuing landmark progressive legislation such as the 18-year-old vote, national health insurance, gun control and merger regulation, among a galaxy of others, he has demonstrated the intellectual, political and oratorical skills that will make him an effective president, as well as a dedication unsurpassed in the Senate...
...Dalai Lama would be at St. Patrick's Cathedral?" marveled Newsman Lowell Thomas, 87, who brought Tibet's onetime leader international fame after visiting Lhasa in 1949. But last week there he was, with Terence Cardinal Cooke, speaking in New York City's Roman Catholic landmark. A smiling, maroon-robed holy man, the Dalai Lama is regarded by millions of Tibetans as the incarnation of one of the most powerful and beloved Buddhist divinities...
Porter Square, a mile north of Harvard Square, is a rundown area that will probably boom when its new MBTA stop is completed. Right now, Harvard students use it mainly as a landmark on the way to Steve's, a Somerville ice cream parlor famous first for its long lines, and only secondarily for its ice cream. For the adventurous, there is Game Time, a classic pinball parlor that Cambridge cops and politicians have tried several times to close down. There's also a Sears, Roebuck, a haven of middle-Americana only a mile away from the cosmopolitan--and expensive...