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...receive between $350 and $1,165 per household, depending on their income. The Council simultaneously approved the use of a $3,050 grant from Massachusetts Association for Community Action Program to provide for people who had used up their heatingfunds. Several councillors said they were concerned that people who rent homes and receive LIHEAP funds might not have access to efficient energy use methods, which might contribute to LIHEAP clients running out of fuel. “Typically, a landlord doesn’t have much incentive to make a property more energy efficient, because they don?...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council To Help Heat Cambridge | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...their loyalty," Odom told the Senate Foreign Relations committee last Wednesday. He cited one estimate that the U.S. military is paying a local strongman $250,000 a day to keep the peace in a 36-square mile swath of the country. "Remember, we do not own these people, we rent them - and they can break the lease at any moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Candidates Will Say | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

Almost two years after Ral Castro took over for his ailing brother Fidel, Cuba is launching a host of economic reforms. First came the right of ordinary Cubans to own cell phones, then to buy foreign electronics, rent cars and stay in tourist hotels. Now some private farmers can till their own land. A few questions about what it all means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...Hustling”). These are people, blemished in ways that particularly appeal to those aged 18-34, who are quite simply trying to get by. This new wave of Showtime shows is divorced from the television circles in which finding the perfect accessory or a rent-controlled apartment might be considered central plot conflicts (I’m looking at you, Ms. Bradshaw). Despite how strangely relatable these series can be, it should be noted that they are far from being realistic. The bulk of the plots on the third season of “Weeds” bordered...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drugs, Dirty Deeds Spell Success For Showtime | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

...Parkinson's) was a fierce, demanding parent. He once reduced Eliot to tears during a game of Monopoly. Bernard, a real estate developer, had ordered his son - at the time a boy of 7 or 8 - to sell him a piece of property; Eliot then couldn't afford the rent when a roll of the dice landed him on that property. "He didn't realize his own rights," Bernard told Masters years later, adding that he had taught his son a lesson: "Never defer to authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Spitzer Destined to Fall? | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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