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Standing at a podium positioned in the middle of the tennis courts and shouting over an occasional whistle from the nearby train line, Summers lauded Menino??whom he called “my friend, the mayor of Boston”—for his leadership...
...poster-sized $475,000 Harvard check to the city of Boston in support of the Boston Youth Fund and the Harvard After School Initiative (HASI), a group of 16 organizations offering educational programs for local youth. The event—which featured brief speeches from Summers and Menino??centered on Tenacity, an after-school and summer program combining free tennis lessons with reading-skill development...
...Menino??s cautious bread-breaking statement about being friends with Summers in his inaugural came alongside a public call for the University to expand its medical school to the Crosstown area of Roxbury, where the mayor envisions a lucrative research park...
...according to Globe columnist David Nyhan—who helped draft Menino??s inaugural address—such mistakes can prove quite costly with a mayor like Menino, who has a long-term memory and a low tolerance for betrayal...
...Menino??s dissatisfaction with Harvard’s latest purchase could mean a new hurdle in the University’s attempts to develop a good relationship with the city...