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Within a month, President Dwight Eisenhower named MIT President James Killian his science adviser and told him to put the nation on the scientific equivalent of a war footing. The government stressed math and science in public schools, steered college students toward science degrees, created a National Aeronautics and Space...
Councillor E. Denise Simmons stressed the need to “develop consistent formulas for what is affordable,” while Councillor Henrietta Davis pointed out a flaw in current development policy, which requires that new residential developments with more than 10 units devote a certain share to subsidized...
When the conversation veered from the intricacies of the Cambridge housing market, the exchanges grew more pointed, especially when the candidates addressed public safety. Several candidates linked criminal populations with youths and public housing residents in their answers, and challenger Gregg Moree even ventured that when a shooting takes place...
July 20, 2007 was a strange night in my hometown of Naperville, Ill. Normally adored by businessmen for its travel-guide beauty, reviled by teens for its mind-numbing monotony, and frequented by twenty-somethings for its moderately hip bar scene, downtown Naperville was alive on this night in a...
Graham, who has been to Iraq nearly a dozen times, including spending 11 days in August on duty as a reserve Air Force officer, pointed out that Washington has spent the last few weeks debating Iraq policy and emerged with a commitment to continuing the surge through the spring. That...