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...Harvard's largest athletic facility, has 128,000 square feet of floor space, two pools, a large gymnasium, nautilus and general work-out equipment, wrestling and fencing rooms, and many athletic offices...
There's more. Down at City Hall, Harvard has consistently used its muscle as Cambridge's largest landlord to oppose new zoning petitions designed to limit real estate development. Even when the community's best interest is at stake, Harvard has pursued its own agenda and systematically opposed height restrictions and preservation measures in Harvard Square. Last spring the University even thwarted a legislative effort to require commercial developers to build low income housing in the city...
...largest University Hall shake-ups in years, Harvard announced the appointment of three new deans of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS...
...sharp were the accountants' pencils that 26 of the companies got refunds of taxes paid in previous years. The largest of them went to American Telephone and Telegraph. The company earned profits of $1.9 billion last year. But thanks to a combination of investment tax credits and tax deferrals adding up to $1 billion, plus other unusual expenses involved in the breakup of the phone company, AT&T's tax liability was wiped out. In fact, the company got a tax refund of $241.6 million...
...bidding war ended with nary a drop of blood spilled. Gannett Co., the nation's sixth-largest media company (86 daily newspapers, including USA Today, six TV stations and 14 radio stations), agreed last week to buy the Evening News Association, the parent firm of the Detroit News, which has been controlled by the Scripps family for 112 years. Gannett offered $1,583 a share for a total of $717 million, beating out Washington Redskins Owner Jack Kent Cooke and Hollywood Producer Norman Lear. Besides the money-losing News (circ. 667,000), Gannett will acquire lucrative television stations in Washington...