They propose to make the same modifications to the south tower that they did to the north tower, which we approved at our meeting on February 9.

We were asked several months back by Big Spaces Mini-Storage if we would abandon portions of the right of way on Charles Street and turn it back in the form of a utility easement. We said we would if they did certain things. They located the sewer and water lines, so I recommend we approve their requests.

I am proposing that we build a new building.

Do you find a debate about Nazism at Auschwitz? Do you find a debate about the North and the South at Gettysburg?

The Shiites in the south and the Kurds in the north would need to join together, but the Kurds are more interested in independence. Iran, Syria and Turkey are unlikely to support an independent Kurd state because of their significant Kurdish populations, and others in Iraq will not support overthrowing Saddam if they think it will result in a breakup of the country.

Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.