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...restricting all development is a farce—and, I think, little more than a blatant grab for returns on assets at the expense of those with the least ability to pay. It’s not about making Cambridge better; it’s about making homeowners richer...
...rich get richer and the poor get poorer—a truism since the dawn of civilization—but nowhere more evident than in the Massachusetts housing market since the state abolished rent control in 1994. A short history lesson: for years the powerful real estate industry had wanted to end rent control, but real estate tycoons and wealthy companies looking to make even bigger profits were not exactly garnering sympathy. Enter a powerful public relations campaign, in which every elderly widow or recent immigrant dependent on renting part of their home to make ends meet was marched before...
College Board vice president Chiara Coletti says the board has received "far more positive than negative" responses to the new test. But she adds that most people are just beginning to understand what will appear on it. Once they do, a much richer, knottier conversation about the New SAT will probably begin. For decades, the purpose of the test has been to try to measure students' general-reasoning abilities, not their specific knowledge of algebra or the extent to which they have written practice essays. Caperton's feat is actually twofold: not only has he begun to shape...
...that a victory by his party will mean new negotiations about the Good Friday agreement. But he's wrong to think he can dictate terms - or necessarily get better ones. Northern Ireland has changed beyond recognition since he entered politics, not least because Catholics are now much more numerous, richer, politically confident and increasingly listened to by a British government that craves a resolution. Paisley can fulminate against them, but he could not run Northern Ireland without them - and they won't take no for an answer...
...short flight that no one wanted to end. As bittersweet as the Concorde's months-long retirement party has been, there's some justice that after 27 years of serving at the pleasure of the rich and richer, the Concorde in its last few days is a plane for everyone...