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...good side after years of acrimonious debate over the fee. Coupled with progress made in coexisting and communicating with residents of the Riverside and Agassiz neighborhoods, Harvard’s stock with city residents and local government officials has rarely reached such heights. That said, it is unfair that Cambridge should essentially bully Harvard into paying pacification money—in exchange for better town-gown relations—long before the former PILOT agreement was scheduled to run out. Harvard has long been a popular scapegoat for city officials. But in reality, Harvard is the primary reason...
Boeing isn't impressed. Airbus has got ahead, the company contends, because of unfair advantages--those launch-aid loans, to the tune of some $15 billion over the past 30 years. Airbus' retort: it will give up its state support if Boeing--the U.S.'s second largest defense contractor--forgoes its tax breaks and R&D support. In fiscal 2003, the E.U. estimates, total U.S. government support for Boeing R&D was $2.74 billion, representing 11.9% of the company's profits. That argument has stung Boeing, especially since it is involved in investigations of illegal or unethical behavior...
...himself - have long questioned some of the provisions of Bremer's transitional constitution, the TAL, and the right of Americans to set the rules for Iraqi democracy. Sistani aide Ahmad al-Safi reiterated this week in an interview with al-Diyar television that many Shiites believe the TAL is "unfair" and "does not have legitimacy, especially since it was not adopted by the UN Security Council...
...recently received $50 from someone in Germany who thinks that I am in an unfair situation,” he said...
This, as with much of the criticism directed at Summers for his purely academic remarks, draws unfair implications from the speech. Far from implying that women should stop pursuing prestigious academic positions, the possibility that women are on average better than men at some disciplines and worse at others may help explain why Harvard needs to put forth extra effort to encourage women interested in science and to hire women as science professors. This is not an excuse for the low representation of women on the faculty. Quite the contrary. Furthermore, the possibility that the innate differences hypothesis is valid...