Word: reasonably
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Even if the Coop will not be opening up shop on Bow St., there is reason to believe the corner is due for a construction project. With its crumbling concrete eaves, noisy bar and dusty windows, the building may add character to the Square--but not the sort which chambers of commerce appreciate. And since the assessed value of the two-story structure is less than half that of the land under it--about $1 million as compared to $2.5 million--the Coop could improve its investment with a larger building...
Allen says that one reason the investigationproceedings seem to take so long is because thecommission is required to keep their proceedingsprivate. She admitted, however, that theinvestigation is taking longer than usual...
Despite the relatively small available pool of Black faculty, there are still approximately 18,000 today. Since many Ivy League institutions are able to afford the best and brightest of any faculty, the supply question should be mitigated by their resources. So the logical reason which has emerged for the dearth of Black faculty is that they are not "the best" in their fields--or, the meritocracy argument all over again...
...other reason that Harvard's negative approach to the question is erroneous involves the members of the fraternities and sororities themselves. Some of the most influential and productive citizens of the United States are or were members of the fraternities and sororities, among them the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Louis Sullivan of the Bush cabinet and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (all of them members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity). If organizations that could boast of such people were allowed to organize on Harvard's campus, the benefits to the Harvard, Cambridge and Boston communities would be immeasurable...
...barometric explosives, was arrested in West Germany six weeks before the Lockerbie disaster, along with 15 other suspected terrorists. Fourteen, including Khreesat, were released for lack of evidence. Stern said it had learned that Khreesat had been recruited as an informant for West German intelligence, implying that was the reason he was let go. Though American officials have reportedly confirmed the story, the Bonn government flatly denied...