The Triumph of the City
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The Triumph of the City
From the 4th annual Boston Book Festival, panelists, including Edward Glaeser, author of The Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, discuss the city of Boston. Other panelists include Ayanna Pressley, Boston City Councilor, and Barbara Berke, senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. The panel was moderated by Bob Oakes, host of WBUR’s Morning Edition.
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promoted by China's Communist Party, Bloomberg said.
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Biden Prepares to Be Sworn in as 46th President of the United States
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executive orders aimed at reversing policies on issues like the environment
and immi...
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The EQA has great standard tech and a handsome face, but we don't yet know
if it'll come to the US.
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In his first major comments since threatening to ban news in September,
Facebook's local boss has doubled down on his criticism of new Australian
laws.
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Takaya Imamura, The Man Who Designed Tingle, Has Retired From Nintendo
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Billions are at risk of missing out on the digital leap forward, as growing
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through a video call, three months after his last public appearance in
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Wednesday: Homebuilder Survey
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Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the
results for the *mortgage purchase applications index*.
• At 10:00 AM, ...
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NASA's Decision for S.L.S. Moon Rocket: Test Again, or Prepare for Launch?
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The booster of the Space Launch System was in good condition after a test
was cut short, officials said.
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No testing, no info on what needs to be fixed
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Testing students’ reading and math skills this spring will be challenging.
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Other...
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President-Elect’s Plan Includes Vital EITC Increase for Adults Not Raising Children
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would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for over 17 million adults
not...
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**Graydon**: _COVID Evolving: Comment_ : ‘SARS-CoV-2 derives from a bat
disease. Bats are weird; bats, unlike nearly all other mammals, have two
body tempe...
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month...
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Huawei Working On 5G Radar Tech For Self-Driving Cars
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car-...
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acquisitions in the recent past -- like Clearleap acquired last month --
buying the stream...
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Tweets about #BookCon2015 OR #BEA15
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*Detroit Public TV will bring live inside the boo...
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The World's Billionaires
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econ...
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