Word: historicization
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According to a CNN/TIME poll taken a week before Venter and Collins made their historic announcement, nearly two thirds of Americans wanted to dive into their own genetic material headfirst; 61 percent reported they would want to know if they were predisposed to contracting any particular diseases. But only 22...
"There was a feeling that there was not the support for an historic district, and before shelving the entire proposal, they would take a look at this aspect of it, and report back," Maher said.
And the Historic Commission's Sullivan says that an historic district is "still on the table."
"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."
Massachusetts Hall is the quintessential historic dorm. Dating from 1720, it's the oldest academic building in the country. Now, it's the 10 Downing St. of Harvard Yard: the offices of the president and central administration occupy the building's first two floors.