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...forum is also examining proposals to lessen the congestion in Harvard Square by relocating crosswalks and redirecting the traffic flow at a number of congested areas within the Square...
...especially poor actors; apparently unaware of the meaning of their speeches, they flap their hands, grin fixedly, and fail to enunciate. Ives is saved only by the humor in his lines and his basso profundo. The set--which seems designed to test the cast's mountaineering ability--does not lessen the stiffness of the dramatics, the accompanists are pedestrian. But Ellen Wasserman's lighting, which unobtrusively creates the familiar context of the songs through connotations of color and brightness, makes the production move more smoothly...
...however, the cost and difficulties of shipping LNG long distances will, for the foreseeable future at least, keep gas imports from becoming the major energy prop that oil imports now are. At a time when the Government is striving to lessen dependence on foreign energy, that could be at least an ironically mixed blessing...
...Korean Traders Association (KTA) gave Harvard $1 million for East Asian Studies. Peterson says the money is needed if Americans are to lessen their "ignorance" about East Asian culture and he stresses that there are "no strings attached" to the grant, adding that if he were not confident of this, he would oppose the gift. The KTA is not part of the Korean government, he says, but an organization like the Chamber of Commerce. Besides which, as long as there are no restrictions, Peterson says he'd "take money from (Korean President) Park himself...
Schimmel said the decision to cut back on singles was partly influenced by recent studies demonstrating the overcrowding problem in undergraduate houses. She added that most Lowell residents were willing to forego senior singles to lessen overcrowding during their sophomore and junior years...