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...toxic chemical was inadvertently released into the air during a Harvard construction project earlier this month, prompting Allston residents at a special meeting called by the University Monday night to express concern over future health risks as construction continues. On August 1, employees from Turner Construction—the company responsible for building Harvard's 589,000-square-foot science complex—caused a leak while relining a 300-foot portion of the century-old, brick-lined sewer pipe that runs along Western Avenue. Around 4 a.m., construction crews were pumping near-boiling water into the pipe...
...While the Chinese and Japanese fans in the National Indoor Stadium seemed to concern themselves with who could shout loudest in the upper bleachers, the U.S. men focused on finding their voices by overcoming their inexperience and relying instead on the brotherhood they had begun to nurture. Led by team captain Kevin Tan, a soft-spoken Chinese American from Fremont, California, the team tried to mesh its disparate personalities into a consistent, well-performing whole...
...hovering in the mid-40s, in public-opinion polls. Why isn't this advantage reflecting in polls? The answer lies in two kinds of economic voters Obama has yet to fully persuade: one group from the right and the other from the left, both of whom share a similar concern...
...down for a greasy- spoon lunch with his wife and three young children when the Secret Service swarmed Schoop's Diner in Portage, Ind., and Obama swept in for a cheeseburger. Hecimovich, a pipe fitter who twice voted for President Bush, asked the candidate about the economy, his top concern. Obama's answers impressed the independent, but he's still undecided. "I like that Obama stands for change," Hecimovich says. "But he doesn't have the experience...
...team arrived at Beijing's international airport wearing face masks to protest the city's pollution. The riders were later forced to apologize. Even U.S. President George W. Bush, on his way to watch the Games as a self-professed sports fan, got into the act by expressing "deep concern" about China's human-rights record. "America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents and human-rights advocates and religious activists," Bush said in a speech in Bangkok a day before leaving for China. "We speak out for a free press, freedom of assembly, and labor...