Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...amount of parkland can offset a tangle of ramps and roads the size of Boston Common. What person can relax, play or enjoy a park while thousand of cars circle above their head? No new housing can be built in the shadow of a colossal series of ramps and roads pooring soot and noise down on the land below. As Scheme Z opponent Gladys P. Gifford says, "You can't mitigate a monster...
Since Harvard is a non-profit institution, it is largely exempt from Boston city taxes. But Harvard has traditionally offset the loss of city revenues with a voluntary contribution, including a payment of more than $1 million in the past year...
McCluskey said that Harvard's refusal to step up its monetary contribution to the city of Boston is partially offset by the fact that the University sponsors several community service programs in that city...
...Kelman and others say it is the role of the scholar in government to offset the imbalance between long-term and immediate planning. The scholar should initiate an environment that encourages broad thinking, Kelman says...
...Gladys P. Gifford, a member of Cambridge Citizens for Livable Neighborhood's Scheme Z taskforce, describing attempts to offset Scheme z--the 11-story highway interchange slated for construction in east Cambridge--with promises of mass transit funds and extra parks...