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...Historical Commission may restrict an owner's freedom to alter or destroy a building in cases in which the building is more than 50 years old and of some historical significance...
...University at first was hesitant to accept the recognition because it was worried that landmark status would restrict control of the Stadium. However, as long as Harvard does not accept federal money for the building, any renovations or additions can proceed without prior approval of the Massachusetts Historical Commission, said Kathy Spiegelman of the Harvard Planning Office...
...year is the outrageous dictum issued last week by Samuel C. Butler, president of the Board of Overseers, Harvard's alumni-elect governing body. In the notorious tradition of his immediate predecessor, Joan T. Bok, Butler has attempted to cut the board off from the community at large and restrict the free speech of its members. The New York lawyer issued a letter that warned overseers against allowing "leaks" to members of the press, recommending that any media inquiry receive "a no comment, followed by a polite goodbye." Though President Bok may not have been involved in the move...
Whether or not anything should be done to restrict takeovers, specific steps can be taken to slow down insider trading. One would be to cut back steeply on the time speculators have to maneuver before a takeover bid is publicly announced. Under current SEC rules, corporate raiders have ten days between the time they acquire 5% of a target stock and the date when a public announcement of their intentions is necessary. It is precisely at such times, when insiders know that something is happening and outsiders are in the dark, that the potential for abuse -- and for profit...
Obesity, to take another example, is a proven health hazard and optimal nutrition is very important. But at what point does controlled, appropriate and moderate dieting become uncontrolled, excessive and dangerous? Dieters who restrict themselves to less than 1000 calories a day--and there are many--are by definition starving themselves...