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...interests of an overstretched U.S., Schiffer offers a sobering response. "For the long term," he says, "the U.S. may have too much vision, and Japan too little, about an increased Japanese role in the alliance." Friends are nice. But if the U.S. is going to continue to perform its vital balancing act among the Asian powers-new and old-it is likely to have to do most of the work itself...
...Services to restore Muskrat Marsh, as it is known, to its former glory by making it more diverse, with technical support from the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management. Mass explained that the government is particularly involved in the project because the area affects the herring runs around it, which are vital for the well-being of the wider ecosystem.“Herring are your basic food chain for the ocean,” she said. “That’s why the herring that run up and down these tributaries are so important...
...supported the U.S. war effort, despite its deep unpopularity with the Jordanian public. Jordan is a staging ground for the private contractors supplying and working with U.S. forces in Iraq. More crucially, it is where U.S. officers carry out what is, in Washington's eyes, one of the most vital tasks of the war: the training of new Iraqi military and security forces, whose viability is essential to the U.S.'s exit strategy in Iraq. "Jordan has been very, very close to us and a remarkable help in Iraq," says a senior U.S. military official...
...workers and the City of Cambridge employs 3,251 workers. Harvard’s employment sector has risen by over 1,000 workers since 2003, from 8,727 to 10,282 employees. City Manager Robert W. Healy viewed Harvard’s expanding presence in Cambridge as a vital piece of the Cambridge economy both from a prestige standpoint and as a major employer. “In addition to Harvard, MIT and the City of Cambridge are also major employers and we can count on the fact that our top four employers would not be moving to the sunbelt...
...much as Summers focused on “the rising salience of scientific ventures,” a frequent refrain of his presidency, he gave equal space to “affirm the importance of the arts and humanities as critical foundations of a college curriculum and vital areas for scholarship and creative expression.” Many humanities professors have expressed concern that the focus on science in Allston will come at the expense of the University’s commitment to their academic interests...