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This battle rages through his books: in the old fishing village of St. Botolphs, in Manhattan apartments and in privileged communities named Shady Hill, Bullet Park or Proxmire Manor. The warriors drink too much, commit adultery, contemplate and sometimes execute murder. They ride trains, accepting a shuttle in lieu of a destination. They feel themselves inexplicably blessed and damned. Occasionally, they sense redemption in "the perfumes of life: sea water, the smoke of burning hemlock, and the breasts of women...
Councilor David W. Sullivan said yesterday that when he questioned Bok about the possibility of increasing the University's in lieu-of-tax payments to the city. Bok refused to discuss the subject. As an academic institution, Harvard pays no property taxes on its dormitories, classroom buildings, libraries and laboratories. The University annually gives the city a donation as a substitute, but the in-lieu-of-tax payment is substantially less than the value of the property...
...addition, Harvard owns large parcels of land in the city for investment purposes. With the property tax reductions mandated by Proposition 21. City Manager Robert W. Healy estimated late last week that the University has accrued more than $250,000 without increasing its in lieu of tax gift...
...years, Harvard has been portrayed in Cambridge political circles as a hypocritical grant that takes far more from city residents than it gives to the community. In debates over institutional expansion into city neighborhoods, the failure of Cambridge's non profit private universities to provide ample in lieu of tax payments, and the need for private assistance to the Cambridge public schools. Harvard has consistently been cited as a major villain. The contradictions between the words of Harvard officials and their actions have been all too readily apparent...
...least one councilor has expressed doubt that Harvard will ever show up, we think that the meeting--which should includes press representatives--could be a starting point for a comprehensive study of the University's role in the Cambridge real estate market, its tax-free status, its paltry in-lieu--of-tax payments, its immediate plans for future expansion...