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...school committee plans to vote next Tuesday on the merger, which would take effect this fall...
...merger "will keep a school in Area Four and create a school with attractions for white children," said D'Alessandro, referring to the Cambridge neighborhood where the Fletcher and Maynard are located, which has a higher minority population than some other areas of the city...
Committee members were divided on whether or not to send the proposal to the Fletcher and Maynard school councils--parents' associations, that is--to seek parental approval of the merger before the school committee gives its final approval of the merger...
...afraid to go to the school council," said committee member Susana M. Segat, "then it's going to be a rough merger...
Those with a soft spot for polysyllabic corporate monikers can rejoice - the BP Amoco-Arco deal is on again. When first announced late last year, the $30 billion merger raised eyebrows among federal regulators, who moved to block the deal in court. The big problem wasn't size - after all, Exxon and Mobil last year combined in an $80 billion deal. Rather, according to the Federal Trade Commission, it was the fact that the combined entity would own 70 percent of Alaska's oil fields, giving it a monopolistic hold on West Coast gasoline prices...