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...Perhaps the savviest argument companies make is that there are mixed results about what, exactly, say-on-pay votes accomplish. In the U.K. there have been some resounding successes - most notably GlaxoSmithKline, which revamped its pay practices, aligning compensation with performance, after a "no" vote of 50.7% in 2003. (Its CEO at the time was on track to earn about $18 million.) Yet various studies have shown that in the years since say-on-pay went into effect, CEO compensation has continued to rise, anywhere between 5% and 11% annually...
...Creating one’s own publications Harvard people like reading about themselves (see #8) and there’s no easier way to accomplish this than writing about Harvard...and themselves. What better way to accomplish this than through semi-legitimate student publications bound to be read by at least two people—the editor’s mother and father (often also the publication’s main financial backers...
...deadline is within 12 months—that is a time frame in which most journals will be able to preserve their leading roles in the publication process and accomplish what the public access have wanted to have,” Casey said...
...53.69.Clarke also competed in the 500-yard freestyle, placing 68th with a time of 4:52.35. Florida’s Burckle won the event, breaking an 18-year-old NCAA record with her time of 4:33.60.Clarke is already looking ahead to next season, where she hopes to accomplish the goal that has eluded her so far.“I am hoping to train hard this spring and summer and come back next year and finally get All-American at NCAAs next year,” she said.With 484 points, Arizona was crowned the national champion...
...about the incendiary topic of race in America. Obama was performing his high-wire act, trying to appear black enough for the African-American community and post-racial enough for white voters. That's as tough a task as exists in American politics, and one speech alone will never accomplish it. But if he is to win the nomination and the general election, he has to engage voters in this dialogue, and the sooner the better. He's started down that road, and he has to continue. Whether he likes it or not, and whether Americans generally like...