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...improve the quality of the environment and go a long way to returning natural systems to their ecological functions.”Of course, Harvard’s revised master plan is still plenty controversial—at a meeting of the Allston task force on Monday, residents peppered Harvard’s planners with requests for more detail, leveling criticism at some of the things that Harvard has proposed—such as building two additional roads through the neighborhood—and at things that it hasn’t—anything concrete for what it wants...
...then came Black Monday. As soon as the opening bell rang on Oct. 28, prices began to drop. Huge blocks of shares changed hands, as previously impregnable companies like U.S. Steel and General Electric began to tumble. By the end of the day, the Dow had dropped 13%. So many shares changed hands that day that traders didn't have time to record them all. They worked into the night, sleeping in their offices or on the floor, trying to catch up to be ready for October...
...Pukanic, 47, and his colleague were killed just after 6 p.m. by an explosive device placed near Pukanic's Lexus. The police immediately blocked off the city center and called in helicopters, but by Monday, no arrests had yet been made. A police spokesman described the murder as a "professional...
...More than 300 people, including several government figures, attended Pukanic's funeral on Monday, after which he was buried to the tune of the Dire Straits song "Brothers in Arms." The owner and editor in chief of Nacional, a high-circulation weekly that often probed into Croatia's corruption-ridden political life, Pukanic was a controversial figure, widely seen as closely involved with mobsters and politicians alike. Croatian President Stjepan Mesic had been his close friend, as had Hrvoje Petrac, a businessman currently on trial for extortion...
...which flourished under the reign of autocratic President Franjo Tudjman, who led Croatia's independence struggle - to grow even more rampantly after the country's transition to democracy. "The authorities are obviously incompetent to stand up to organized crime," said opposition MP Vladimir Sisljagic at a press conference on Monday. "This situation is a result of 18 years of turning a blind eye to war profiteering and gangsterism...