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...time for Christmas 1999. The restoration cost was estimated at $60 million--the price, more or less, of a single Van Gogh, but not easy to raise. The aim of this show, then, is to remind the public of the Assisi disaster and of the urgency of its repair...
...Shoe repair-shop owner Kim Hyoung Hwan might be startled to hear himself described as a pioneer of the type President Kim extols. But his shop in the port city of Inchon is a good place to see some of the changes sweeping Korea. After losing his job as a purchasing manager at a now bankrupt equipment-manufacturing firm, Kim noticed people were spending more on shoe repairs to save money during the turndown. Demand was also rising as paternalistic companies cut back on the coupons for new shoes they used to hand out to employees as part of Korea...
...this new openness cannot repair all the damage done to the historical record of black people, nor overcome the pain of re-creating it. For even after slavery, segregation forced the creation of two Americas, and family-history seekers must be equipped to navigate in two sets of records--one black and one white. Racial identities were sometimes hidden as blacks "passed" from one race for societal survival. Military records, church archives, city directories, newspapers and a wealth of information from county, state and federal government agencies have to be researched with race in mind...
Duheay estimtes that Harvard should pay nearly$40,000,000 in property taxes--it now pays around$3,800,000 according to city officals. He suggeststhat Harvard decree that any future property itbusy in Cambridge be taxable--a way to repair thebreach, he says...
...shuttle rerouting came about after the city of Cambridge announced a need to repair worn-out sewer pipes underneath Oxford and Kirkland Streets. Sections of both streets will be closed to traffic, said Brian C. Culver, project coordinator for engineering and utilities...