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...they’d have been converted long ago into siding for some totalitarian warehouse after the commies melted them down. In response to this act of generosity and cultural conservation, we’ve got a band of disgruntled clerics on our case. Last time we do a favor for those guys...
...particular, it is extremely difficult not to see this latest move as a blatant attempt to curry favor with Menino. The mayor, who enjoys widespread support and wields tremendous amounts of influence on the other side of the Charles—and under whose jurisdiction Allston falls—has had something of a fractious relationship with the University over the past few years. Just last May, when Harvard completed its purchase of 91 acres of land from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Menino angrily told The Crimson that he was “upset” about the lack...
Gergen says this contrarian approach can make Matthews seem to favor one political party. During the Clinton impeachment proceedings, for example, people thought Matthews was Republican, he says, while his criticism of the war in Iraq has led some to accuse him of siding with Democrats...
...understood that there are some important individuals in Russia who would like to gain favor with the Russian Orthodox Church [by paying for the bells],” Bossert said last year...
Those who celebrated the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruling in favor of gay marriage know that their most bitter battles lay ahead. The court’s Nov. 18 decision that the state must begin issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples within 180 days is a historical watershed. But as in most great moments of social upheaval, progress only compounds the backlash among those determined to preserve the status...