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Bowing to Cambridge's diplomatic pressure, the Crown Prince of Denmark has agreed to pass on the rent-controlled house Harvard had assigned him, according to Cambridge City Councillors and officials at the Danish Embassy in New York...
Prince Fredrick unwittingly entered into controversy by accepting rent-control housing at 17 Ware St. for his stay next year as a visiting undergraduate...
...residence for the Price has been found, so it has been solved. There's no problem anymore," said Danish Vice-Consul Birgitte Haederseal. "We certainly didn't want any problem with [the rent-control controversy], she said. Haederseal said she did not know where the Prince would be living next fall...
...added that he would like to see other Cambridge residents who don't need to live in rent-controlled housing follow the Prince's example...
...rental firms may come out the best, in part because they are less vulnerable to bargain shoppers. Many Americans who would otherwise have taken a trip in their own cars this summer have ventured far afield, thanks to the low-priced air tickets, and plan to rent cars. Hertz reservations are already up 25% from last summer, and have doubled in Denver and some other popular cities. Hardest hit are travel agents, who earn their commissions based on costs, and nearly all components of their business are operating at lower price levels. Some predict wave after wave of fare...