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...September 2003, The Economist ran a story on America’s rebuilding of the Iraqi economy titled, “Let’s All Go To The Yard Sale.” The American economic reform program represented an unprecedented application of free-market principles, the article said. “If it all works out,” a caption read, “Iraq will be a capitalist’s dream...
...Early the next morning, after the Yard had been locked and administrators had repeatedly told students they would be subject to criminal charges if they stayed in the building, the Massachusetts State Police stormed University Hall...
Every Wednesday, a small column of students march through Harvard Yard to protesting the Iraq War. Each week, 29 other students leave their dorms for exercises and training, learning how to become officers in the armed forces. Outside those two groups, awareness of the Iraq War on campus hasn’t come close to the level of student engagement during the Vietnam War, two professors with memories of Harvard during Vietnam said...
From a fire-gutted shell across from a pretty park on the north side of town to a mangy wreck near the airport where a collection of cats and dogs were found chained together in the yard, abandoned residences are putting a blight on all types of neighborhoods. "We get about six to ten calls a day on vacant homes," says police officer John McGill, who stresses that this isn't just a problem in the poorer parts of town...
...officers say this has to do with the relentless assaults on foreclosed homes. "We're seeing a shift in crimes," Bublak says, noting that people used to just steal property from the outside. Now, in addition to vandalizing the property, stripping its bones and using the yard as a dumping ground, thieves have zeroed in on the homes' utilities. "Forty percent of foreclosed homes in Modesto get their power stolen," says the Modesto Irrigation District's Louis Maceira,who can often be found locking or removing meters from these homes...