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Florida real estate investor Paul Bilzerian was determined to become a successful corporate raider. In 1985 and 1986 he attempted, and failed, to take over four different companies. In early 1988 the 38-year-old maverick managed to acquire defense contractor Singer by bidding for it when no one else...
Children normally learn to trust and develop attachments to people within the first two years of life. By then they have also acquired a sense of compassion and empathy for others. And they have begun to be taught the difference between right and wrong and that hurtful actions have consequences...
3--Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence announces that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will acquire the Gulf station site from Harvard Real Estate.
--President Derek C. Bok, explaining a May decision to let the Faculty acquire the Gulf station property for several million dollars.
Coming from this background, Bok had to work hard to acquire the constant mask of congeniality Harvard's presidency requires.