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...Street and forcing about a dozen local businesses to be evacuated, according to Deputy Fire Chief James F. Burns. Firemen were summoned to the scene after black smoke and flames were seen shooting up from the manholes. Several fire trucks and ambulances arrived, completely blockading the area. Policemen directed traffic and curious bystanders away from the firefighters as they battled the subterranean flames...
Harvard officials defended their plans for the campus expansion into Allston at a meeting last night, facing an onslaught of complaints from residents—ranging from what to do with a local Dunkin’ Donuts to how to sort out residential concerns about privacy and traffic during construction. The meeting’s discussions, which took place at St. Anthony’s School in Allston, centered on the University’s plan to erect an art museum at the intersection of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue—known to residents as Barry?...
Notwithstanding the fact that both men escaped, the plan appeared to work well enough at first. The U.S. never needed to increase the number of forces serving; instead it just paid off and armed the warlords. This temporarily slowed the opium traffic, since the U.S. payroll was more efficient, less risky and paid in hard currency. But when the flow of money slowed and the warlords returned to opium cultivation as the U.S. turned its attention toward Iraq, whole provinces were back in the drug business and officials in Washington began to be worried the Taliban would reap the benefit...
That it is also a strip-malled, traffic-clogged mess does not take away from the fact that it is one of the great economic success stories of our time. With Fairfax County leading the way, the Washington area is becoming a job machine. So why aren't regions around the country trying to emulate it, as they did Silicon Valley in the 1990s? The simple answer is that they can't. "If you can force the rest of the country to send you money or go to jail, it does wonders for your economy," says northern Virginia writer...
While Harvard students can stay holed up in their dorms and watch lectures online, the cold appears to have had a greater effect on people whose jobs depend on foot traffic in the Square...