Word: local
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...course, we are not so naive as to believe that this recent donation represents a sudden outbreak of altruism in the ranks of the Administration. The loans and grants may be seen as a public relations ploy. Harvard must deal with the local community whether it wishes to or not, and a hostile community--as has been the case lately--makes the job of the University all the more difficult. Still, the recent donations also represent a genuine desire on the part of administrators to maintain the well-being of Boston and Cambridge...
...only do some staff feel they cannot go to HUDS, some also feel their union--Local 26 Restaurant and Hotel Workers--isn't responsive either...
...lost and bored as a Sherpa in Kansas. He'll say, "We have to do a lot more" about this or "We've got to pay attention" to that, then lapse into an autopilot recitation of catchphrases: "...less government, lower taxes, less regulation, more authority to state and local officials, and do whatever I can to reduce the size of the Federal Government." It can make you wonder whether he has the breadth of interest to run the country...
...room for issues ranging from voter apathy (people don't bother voting because they believe money runs the show) to abortion (organizations on both sides use the bitter fight for fund raising and don't want to find areas of compromise). He even finds a place for stubbornly local issues such as education. Move against corporate welfare, he says, and you can free up cash to help poor kids attend better schools. He suggests putting an end to $5.4 billion in sugar, ethanol and gas-and-oil subsidies and spending it on a three-year program to test school vouchers...
Designed by acclaimed Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, COSI is housed in a stark shell-like exterior that sits like a giant canoe across from downtown Columbus. Inside its purposely skewed interior walls (variously aligned to three different versions of north: true, magnetic and the local street grid's) are seven thematic areas called Learning Worlds. Within each, visitors are free to immerse themselves in scientific concepts that range from basic physics to advanced medicine. "One of the problems with all science centers is the 'Ping-Pong-ball effect,'" says Joseph Wisne, COSI's vice president for design and production. "Visitors...