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...Laver, considered by some the greatest player of all time, won the U.S. Pro Tennis Championship five times in the 1960s. In the 1970s, Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors each traveled to Longwood and returned with the title. Players as strong as John McEnroe never won the crown...
...Hill each year simply to reward the club that did so much to introduce real money into the game. But now many players stay away, criticizing the operation of the tournament and complaining that they are not taken care of in the grand style to which they are accustomed. Longwood, these tanned young athletes say, seems more like a "project of the month" put on by clubwomen than a serious sporting event...
...recently released study shows that a group of Harvard-affiliated hospitals and medical operations in the Longwood area of the city annually produces almost $450 million in revenue for Boston...
...Longwood area hospitals have an annual payroll of $250 million, which is almost half the city's total payroll for health and medical services. Hospital employees produce a revenue of $450 million in the city through the creation of other jobs, and also spend or bank half their pay in the city...
Organizations, including Fair Share, the Mission Hill Health Movement and the Residents United to Stop Harvard on Mission Hill (RUSH), have long opposed the tax-exempt status of the Longwood area hospitals...