Word: parcel
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...communicate my disapproval publicly, if only to make sure that no one could gain the false impression that the Harvard administration harbored any sympathy or complacency toward the tone and substance of the letter. Such action does not infringe on free speech. Indeed, statements of disagreement are part and parcel of the open debate that freedom of speech is meant to encourage; the right to condemn a point of view is protected by the right to express it. Of course, I recognize that even verbal disapproval by persons in positions of authority may have inhibiting effects on students. Nevertheless, this...
After spending millions in legal fees and twice going to the Supreme Court, officials of both states last week announced they had joined with the estate to reach a compromise: Texas will receive $50 million; California, $44 million in cash plus a $75 million parcel of land near Los Angeles International Airport. Texas' Attorney General Jim Mattox boasted that the settlement would finance the state's annual cost of operating the agriculture department, the public utilities commission and the attorney general's office. Less ecstatic was Hughes' cousin William Lummis, who is administering the estate...
...controversy that has attracted much public attention is what to do with the old Simplex Wire and Cable factory site, a 27-acre parcel of land in Cambridgeport. Because the site is the last large, undeveloped area in the city, many people from both the public and private sectors are concerned with what will be built there...
...been one of the largest and most successful man hunts in American history. In an operation that culminated last month, the U.S. Marshals Service joined forces with California law-enforcement agencies to track down 2,116 fugitives, using such scams as an ersatz parcel-delivery service to lure the criminals out of hiding. Most of those snared by FIST (fugitive investigative strike team) were being sought for violent crimes, and on the average each of the quarries had five felony counts on his record...
With one son living in France and another in the Philippines, Jane Landenberger is used to making long-distance phone calls. She was wholly unprepared, however, for her latest bill. So large that it arrived by United Parcel Service truck, the 2,578-page statement listed some 17,000 U.S. and international calls and totaled...