Word: acclaim
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...president of Harvard, Drew G. Faust holds a celebrity status that few academics share. While her fame may be a tad subtler than the acclaim that, say, The Beatles once enjoyed—teenagers around the world haven’t adopted her hairstyle...yet—it nevertheless places her under a perpetual spotlight. Every aspect of her life is fair game for scrutiny, from fashion faux pas to comments about female scientists to the car she drives. How a person chooses to travel can say a lot about her, but Harvard provides a default mode of transportation. Along...
...existing fleet. While Walsh is guarded about the details, "getting a new airline up and running in a little over 12 months," as he sees it, "is a great test of how quickly we can respond." And if things take off, he's even promising to share the acclaim...
...democratically elected Prime Minister. Sharif's highly publicized return from exile on Sept. 10 lasted just four hours; Musharraf had him deported again. But if the general's first expulsion of Sharif--then an unloved head of an inept and corrupt government--brought Musharraf to power amid widespread acclaim, the second may well hasten the President's downfall...
...Sharif has become the spearhead of a burgeoning anti-Musharraf movement, one that will continue to swell no matter what happens. Eight years ago Musharraf overthrew Sharif to popular acclaim. Now the man he supplanted could be the one who will be his undoing. Homecoming is always sweet. But revenge is even sweeter...
...existing fleet. While he is guarded about the fine details, "getting a new airline up and running in a little over 12 months," as Walsh sees it, "is a great test of how quickly we can respond." And if things take off, he's even promising to share the acclaim...