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Doth Zeckhauser and Tandler said the houseGinsburg bought "was in very bad shape" because ithad received heavy use as Harvard's Hillel House.Tandler added that Ginsburg spent more than atenth of the house's value to renovate it. ButZeckhauser said, "I can't say it was all becauseof the condition of the house...the market was notvery good for that type of house [when Ginsburgbought...
Carol R. Goldberg, chief executive of the Stop and Shop supermarket chain and the seminar's patron, said yesterday that the city could use parks to improve citizens' lives by giving them more green space...
Teachers will use the videotapes of educational programming from the Arts and Entertainment Network to introduce students to biographical figures in world history. "We want to use television as a motivating force to encouraging reading," said Bert Giroux of the Cambridge School Department. "The cable programs will refer interested students to books on the program's particular subject," Giroux added...
Rather than compete with television, Giroux said, Cambridge schools will use the medium as an educational tool. "Kids respond dramatically to electronic media. Cable television programming will be a different way to provide educational information...
...resorted to some dubious accounting tricks to reach their $30 billion goal. Consider the truth-in-pizza labeling plan. Under this provision, manufacturers of frozen pizzas will be required to inform consumers whether their pies are made with real cheese. The designers of the plan expect that pizzamakers who use ersatz products will be forced to switch to the real thing. The result will be an increase in the demand for cheese. The Federal Government, in turn, will have to buy back less cheese from dairy farmers. Estimated budget savings of this cheesy scheme: $29 million over three years...