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Still, Barrett said his primary reason in proposing a private, blue-ribbon commission is to provide an "impartial" arena for a discussion of campaign finance and ethics laws...
...Boston Globe reports that State Representative Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge) went junketing with lobbyists in Puerto Rico. Now, State Senator Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) is calling for a blue-ribbon commission to reestablish public confidence in the legislature
Maki's masterwork, a municipal gymnasium complex in Fujisawa, Japan, finished in 1984, is a marvel of engineering and fabrication. Inside the main, 2,000-seat gym, a vaulting span of 262 ft. 6 in. seems to levitate the roof just off the walls, creating an intense ribbon of natural light instead of some ordinary bolts-and-concrete seam. Outside, the pair of connected buildings, both clad in perfect, curved, wafer-thin sheets of stainless steel, look like 21st century allusions to 16th century Japanese armor, at once futuristic and resonant with the past. "One of architecture's functions," Maki...
John E. Burris, director of the lab, said he was "absolutely surprised that we were even in the budget." He said past money was allocated for the construction of a marine resources center, which is "essentially complete." "We cut the ribbon on [the center] in June of 1992," Burris said, citing this lack of need as the reason behind the funding "cuts...
Nearly 50 people gathered at the headquarters to watch state party officials snip a red ribbon and officially inaugurate the center...