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...were intruding on highway construction. In addition, the 1991 Big Dig contract with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection requires that the MBTA complete a series of projects to provide mitigation for the new Central Artery’s environmental impact. In an independent report released in 2002, the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research estimated that these mitigation efforts alone would cost the MBTA over $3 billion. And although the bill for the Big Dig is currently estimated at $14.6 billion—significantly more than the current MBTA debt—T fares have continued to increase faster...
...American mentor, Dr. Robert Webster of St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., a pioneer in establishing the zoonotic origins of many influenzas, says, "The research is solid, but still, Yi has certainly stuck his neck way out there on this one." Yi, as usual, is dismissive of any doubts. Back in Hong Kong, he explains how the virus found in other animals such as badgers is genetically less similar to the strains found in humans, before vowing that culling civets "will break the chain of infection...
...HDTV or digital TV, TV manufacturers have partnered with cable companies. By this fall, Comcast and Time Warner Cable (which, like this magazine, is owned by Time Warner) are scheduled to distribute industry-standardized "cable cards" to customers who buy new cable-card-ready TV sets from Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung and others. With the right card, you don't need...
DIED. PATRICK MILLER, 51, pioneer of electronic and industrial music and leader of the 1980s experimental "anti-music" rock group Minimal Man; in Los Angeles. He bridged punk and industrial music with aggressive blasts of noise and electronic effects in a band whose name was inspired by people living in the ghettos of San Francisco--a minimal man being someone with "everything against...
Norman scored the Crimson’s next seven points, but the Pioneer attack was just too strong, as Sacred Heart took a 45-36 lead into halftime...