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...Gehry was on hand-along with the mayor of Paris and the minister of culture-to present the model of his "cloudlike" glass building. "The garden brought to mind Marcel Proust and Remembrance of Things Past," Gehry told the crowd of journalists. "I could picture him there with his friends. And in this garden, which is for children, the idea of making a strong, formal gesture seemed inappropriate." So a glass cloud that will appear to be floating over a reflecting pool will be constructed. The projected date of completion is end of 2009, beginning...
...Playing the Victim in Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson is a target of a federal corruption investigation and not welcome in his own party. But with the backing of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, he may just win reelection
...Dallas, Mayor Laura Miller, a feisty former journalist, isn't buying that argument. The goal of the coalition she helped form with major muscle from Houston--Texas Citizens for Climate Protection--is not to stop the plants, she says, but to make TXU adopt cleaner technologies like gasification. Tampa, she points out with irritation, buys its clean-coal-compatible coke in Houston, after all. So far, she has won over 17 cities and hopes to raise nearly $500,000 to hire the best air-modeling experts and lawyers for the battle. She has no other choice than to fight...
...Anne M. Morris ’04, who organized the weekend with Brandon A. Gayle ’03 and Jennifer N. Wynn ’06. “How can we coalesce and really make things happen strategically and collectively?” The sessions included Cambridge mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 speaking about “Politics in the New Millennium,” and Emmy-winning CNN White House correspondent Suzanne M. Malveaux ’89 and President of Entertainment for BET Reginald A. Hudlin ’83 showing clips...
...days after a member of the Cambridge Public School Committee said that Harvard was not doing enough to help close the achievement gap in Cambridge schools, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced that Harvard and four other Boston universities were teaming up to provide at least $5 million to Boston Public Schools (BPS) to reduce racial testing disparities. The unprecedented collaboration, “Step UP (University Partnership)”—which also includes Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern University, and Tufts University—will aid 10 Boston public schools over the next five years, Menino...