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...networks and foster diversity and quality. "If systems operators didn't take their money and invest it in ((programming)) like Black Entertainment Television and CNN," says John Malone, president of TCI, "they wouldn't exist, because no one else wanted to put up the money." Cable operators, they add, seek the best mix of programming to attract the largest number of subscribers. "We won't carry junk just because we have an interest in it," says ATC Chairman Trygve Myhren...
...common knowledge that plastic garbage bags left on or at the side of a public street are readily accessible to animals, children, scavengers, snoops and other members of the public," declared Justice Byron White for the majority. Requiring police to seek warrants before searching such refuse would therefore be inappropriate, he wrote. Rubbish, responded Dissenters William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, who predicted that "members of our society will be shocked" by the court's ruling. "Scrutiny of another's trash is contrary to commonly accepted notions of civilized behavior," they maintained. "A single bag of trash testifies eloquently...
...Square's most obvious changes. But they represent much larger disruptions occuring in the neighborhood and throughout Cambridge. Rents are rising not just for businesses but for everyone, students and longtime residents alike. For every business forced out by the high rents, probably dozens of families must also seek cheaper housing elsewhere. Some of these families will find other places in Cambridge, some will be forced to move away, and some may become homeless. Rent control tends to moderate the damage done by rent hikes, but it simply is not enough to prevent Harvard Square and much of the rest...
...unlikely that any comprehensive rezoning effort would be successful," said Russell. He said rezoning projects either seek to change the boundaries of existing districts, the rules within the districts, or both. "There's not a lot of need for boundary changing--every neighborhood has looked at this issue...
...Harvard gloss to an undergraduate degree from a land-grant college and for its networking possibilities. Says a participant: "Where else can a former mayor from Waco, Texas, sit around and chat with former Governors and Senators and attend classes taught by Presidential Scholar Richard Neustadt?" Even government officials seek the school's cachet: a staffer jokes that he heard of a visitor who spoke at a lunch and immediately added "Lecturer, Harvard University, Fall Semester" to his resume...