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Residents should, however, realize that their priorities are not as divergent from Harvard’s as they tend to think. Aside from providing the community with an aesthetic face-lift and introducing tremendous new public resources, Harvard’s expanded campus will bring an estimated 14,000 to 15,000 jobs to the area by the time it is completed and bolster the local economy. It is in the local community’s interest for Harvard to succeed in creating a vibrant campus and community in Allston...
...Martin T. Meehan (D-Mass.) reintroduced legislation yesterday that would lift the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on openly gay and bisexual military personnel. “Wasting taxpayer dollars by discharging competent service members under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ doesn’t make sense,” Meehan, chairman of the House Armed Services Sub-Committee on Oversight and Investigations, said at a Washington, D. C., press conference yesterday...
...built his body and elevated his game, but had still not secured a regular spot in the lineup. “He was a guy who really works the hardest,” junior Ashwin Kumar said. “Every day, he tries to train more, lift more, run more. We saw a general progression of his play.” With all his improvement, Denenberg’s yearning to prove himself against an adversary grew only stronger. “Every practice, I try to come out with more energy,” Denenberg said. He carried...
...Most Palestinians were frustrated after both the U.S. and Israel refused to recognize the next Palestinian unity government, which will be dominated by Hamas. U.S. and Israel said they will reject the government and refuse to lift a crippling 11-month embargo on the Palestinians, unless Hamas accepts the existence of Israel, renounces violent resistance and recognizes all peace accords with the Jewish state. So far, Hamas has budged only slightly: it is observing a cease-fire with Israel and says the new government will "respect" previous Palestinian pacts with Israel...
...forth between Jerusalem to Ramallah in armored cars, that "he wants something to sell to the Palestinian people" before he will begin discussing the deeper issues of co-existence between Palestinians and Israelis. For starters, Abbas wants Olmert to return an estimated $500 million in Palestinian tax money, lift some of the 400 Israeli roadblocks in the West Bank and halt the expansion of Jewish settlements in the disputed territories. Otherwise, says one presidential aide, "how can we persuade the Palestinians that they can gain anything from peace with the Israelis?" with reporting by Scott Macleod/Cairo, Jamil Hamad/Ramallah and Aaron...