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Let the River Be

DISSENT

By Geoffrey C. Upton

The staff is known for its strident demands, but in this case, it is wasting its breath. The staff may as well be calling for imagined fairies named Harvard University and the city of Boston to wave their wands and render the river sparkling. The town of Milford is working to revamp its waste systems, the EPA has warned people, and crew teams producing world-class rowers need a place to practice. This is an unfortunate situation that many people are working to remedy. We believe that the staff is being unreasonable.

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