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...Impasse? I was interested to read "The dying of the light," about how Mansour went from being Baghdad's glitziest neighborhood to one of its most dangerous [May 28]. It seems impossible for any side to win the war in Iraq. If the fighting were about land or money, maybe it would be easier for the U.N. or powerful nations to intervene and negotiate a settlement. But this war is about dominance and will. The Western countries involved have the technology and firepower, while the jihadists have the manpower and a willingness to die. I don't see how President...
Indeed, all was bountiful in Ivy blog land. But! Every time we posted an embarrassing photo, named a name, or otherwise sentenced a 19-year-old to eternal Googleability, our shriveled little blogger conscience piped up: Maybe it’s not okay to bust on students. Do they deserve the sort of scrutiny the media gives, y’know…grown...
...ultimately failed, but only because of a technicality: the state’s Supreme Judicial Court refused to let MIT sell its Back Bay land to fund the merger...
...When not making it safe for airplanes to land (an optimization problem that Parkes worked on with the Federal Aviation Administration), Parkes admits he is a bit of a “foodie,” noting he loves Indian food...
...Charlesview Apartments. The low-income housing complex is currently located at Barry’s Corner, a key intersection at the heart of the proposed campus that Harvard hopes will become the Harvard Square of Allston. In November, the Charlesview board of directors signed an agreement to swap land with Harvard. In exchange for Charlesview’s current five-acre property, Harvard agreed to build new replacement apartments for Charlesview on 6.5 acres several blocks away.A handful of Charlesview tenants, however, protested the board’s decision. The residents have legitimate concerns, particularly about access to public transportation...