Word: siting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are a host of political questions bearing on the Harvard community that still need to be addressed. The council should consider taking positions on the Pittston Coal dispute, Corporation elections and the proposed construction of a hotel on the site formerly occupied by the Gulf Station...
Healy said that engineers are now finishing planning for the project and surveying the site...
Last night, Vincent announced that the Series will be resumed next Tuesday at Candlestick Park. Not moving the Series away from the Bay Area is the best decision baseball could make. So the Series has to wait a few more days. It should. Moving it to a neutral site may have been a faster and easier way to get back on track, but it would have just been another blow to Bay Area residents...
Temple reconstruction was no issue until 1967, when Israel captured the Mount and the Old City. Eager to preserve peace, Israel continues to allow Muslims to administer the site. They permit no Jew or Christian to pray openly on the holy ground, nor will they consider allowing even the simplest synagogue or church. The merest hint of rebuilding the Temple is considered an outrage by the Prophet's followers, who, in the words of an official at Al Aqsa, "will defend the Islamic holy places to the last drop of their blood...
Jewish sensitivities also hinder reconstruction. Israel's Chief Rabbis forbid Jews to set foot on the Mount lest they accidentally step on the site of the ancient Holy of Holies, where only the high priest entered, once a year. In addition, there are various views over how and when a new Temple could or should be raised. The Babylonian Talmud offers conflicting opinions, but Rashi, the great medieval sage, insisted that the Temple must descend directly from heaven when the Messiah comes. On the other hand, tradition holds that God's biblical command to build the Temple is irrevocable...