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...Harvard St. and Western Ave. The land has been touted as a space for either graduate school buildings or a cultural facility in Harvard’s future campus across the Charles River. But yesterday’s announcement is a sign that the Board is frustrated by the slow pace of negotiations and by an internal disagreement with Charlesview residents. Harvard has offered to relocate the residents to two locations, but neither site has been fully embraced by Charlesview tenants. “Each day that passes further delays the creation of new homes for our residents...
...DIED. SHIRLEY HORN, 71, smoky-voiced jazz diva famous for her elegant, achingly slow renditions of songs that she said "painted a picture"; in Washington. After getting her start opening for Miles Davis, Horn made records and played clubs around her native Washington, then largely retreated to spend time with her family. A shining comeback in the late 1980s led to numerous honors, a Grammy, and a popular 1991 album You Won't Forget Me, featuring a cameo from Davis, her lifelong champion, recorded shortly before he died...
...gave up 8% of their salary to underwrite an employee stock-ownership plan, or ESOP. It was created to thwart a corporate takeover and "to provide a retirement benefit" to Polaroid employees to supplement their pension, the company pledged. Alas, it was not to be. Polaroid was slow to react to the digital revolution and began to lose money in the 1990s. From 1995 to 1998, the company racked up $359 million in losses. As its balance sheet deteriorated, so did the value of its stock, including shares in the ESOP. In October 2001, Polaroid sought bankruptcy protection from creditors...
...SLOW DOWN. Cars are designed to drive most efficiently at around 60 m.p.h.; efficiency drops 7% to 23% for every 5 m.p.h. over that. At gas prices that averaged $2.73 per gal. in mid- October, speeding by 5 m.p.h. can cost as much as 62¢ per gal., say the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy (DOE). Gunning the engine and jamming on the brakes can lower gas mileage 5% to 33%, or as much as 90?...
DIED. SHIRLEY HORN, 71, smoky-voiced jazz diva famous for her elegant, achingly slow renditions of songs that she said "painted a picture"; in Washington. After getting her start opening for Miles Davis, Horn made records and played clubs around her native Washington, then largely retreated to family life. A shining comeback in the late 1980s, when she signed with Verve, led to numerous honors, a Grammy and a popular 1991 album, You Won't Forget Me, that featured a cameo from Davis, her lifelong champion, recorded shortly before he died...