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...tent held aloft by the idea that the government, which ought to serve the people, had been hijacked by special interests. "To destroy this invisible government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day," the Progressive platform declared...
...Tokyo subway in March 1995 - the release of sarin gas that killed 12 people and sent about 5,000 to area hospitals - was followed, two months later, by an attempted cyanide gas attack by cult members. A small fire, set in a Tokyo restroom that ventilated onto a subway platform, was designed to disperse the gas and was extinguished by alert subway guards. (See what would happen to the accused 9/11 plotters...
...neurology resident at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals and a Harvard Medial School (HMS) alumnus, died unexpectedly April 3, as the result of a construction accident that killed two others as well. Ty, 28, was driving down Boylston Street when a 10-ton lift platform crashed down on his car. The construction accident also killed two workers who were building Emerson College’s new Piano Row residence hall and student center. Ty graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1999 from Johns Hopkins University and received his MD in 2004 from HMS under the Harvard...
...vision will be carried ahead, even as he vacates office.“I think there is broad consensus among the governing members of the University, among the most engaged alums and donors, and among the faculty leadership and deans...about the need to use Allston as a platform for innovative science,” Buehrens says.Harvard’s emphasis on science under Summers coincided with regional aspirations to establish Boston as an East coast counterweight to the technological powerhouses of Stanford and Caltech in California.Throughout his tenure, Summers went to great lengths to fashion a friendly relationship...
...biggest issue of the day, Iraq, Democrats have said little that distinguishes them from the GOP. After two months of discussion earlier this year, the party announced a platform that offered little beyond pushing for the Iraqis to make moves toward their own sovereignty, a policy the Bush administration is already pursuing. And the loudest voices in the party on Iraq have been people pushing for an accelerated pullout, such as Pelosi and Senator John Kerry, which worries some strategists who think those positions reinforce the views of many Americans that Democrats aren't as strong on security issues...