Word: conservationism
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DIED. JOHN ASPINALL, 74, British gambler and gadfly who siphoned the profits from his gaming tables to create two wildlife parks in Kent dedicated to the conservation and breeding of tigers, elephants, gorillas and other endangered species; of cancer; in London. He believed in personally interacting with the animals, a...
For all his idealism though, he's not naive. He knows the value of modern public relations. He decorates his barges with the logos of sponsors, from Cargill to O'Douls, and maintains a cutting-edge website, www.cleanrivers.com From his sleeping bag on the houseboat, he uses a pair of...
But the re-filing confused councilor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, who said not enough was known about the idea of a conservation district to consider the idea. He criticized City Manager Robert W. Healy, who he said was unable to answer questions about the matter.
"What is this all about?" Reeves said. "We had a proposal for an historic district. We could have voted on it. We're apparently not voting. Now there's this apparent ghost of the neighborhood conservation possibility."
To say that "residents" lauded the new design for the Knafel Center (News, June 5) misrepresents the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission proceedings on May 30. While it is true that several of the commissioners (who are all "residents") applauded Harry Cobb's new design, the residents attending the...