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...include enough opportunities for home ownership, say that the project strays from established principles of urban design and will create an income-segregated North Allston neighborhood. While Harvard agreed to give nearly two more acres of land to the project to help address those concerns, some local residents maintain that the University ought to allocate even more land to the Charlesview development and surrounding areas, rather than letting the property sit vacant...
...Taliban is not monolithic. It is composed of several layers: a hard-core group of former Taliban commanders (including Mullah Omar) who operate out of sanctuaries across the border in Pakistan and who maintain ties with Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency (though Islamabad vehemently denies this); bands linked to al-Qaeda whose ranks have recently swelled with Arab, Chechen and Uzbek fighters operating in the craggy, northeastern ranges of Afghanistan; and, a last group, probably the largest, made up of local tribesmen who have allied themselves loosely with the Taliban as a result of President Hamid Karzai's often corrupt...
...undermine Hatoyama's control. Takao Toshikawa, the editor of the political newsletter Insideline, has named Ozawa the "new shadow shogun" (as has the Economist). He says, "Ozawa's power is increasing day by day, and I'm afraid that if Ozawa's influence becomes much greater, how Hatoyama will maintain leadership." Toshikawa calls Ozawa's views radical, particularly those that could threaten bilateral relations with the U.S. (Read Michael Elliott on Japan's rethinking of the American alliance...
...refuse to lock your door, don’t complain about getting your stuff stolen. 10) Red phones in the rooms. The only calls we get on them are from advertisements. 9) Repainting Rev. Gomes’s house. This is just a guess, but I doubt it can maintain that incredible shade of yellow without regular upkeep. 8) Resident Deans. House Masters. House Administrators. House Superintendents. Assistant Resident Deans. Assistants to the Assistant Resident Deans? This is not the Federal Government of the United States. We do not need a system of checks-and-balances. 7) While many...
...course, Japan can't avoid growing older. But it can search for new ways to boost economic growth and maintain the strength of Japanese society. The DPJ won a watershed political victory with the help of a couple of political slogans: "Regime Change" and "Livelihood First." The former happened almost overnight. Achieving the goals implied by the latter will take years. The Japanese people are patient. They've waited decades to raise a new political party to power. Now it's up to the DPJ to prove the wait was worth...