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...Examining leadership style gives some insight into how the candidates might govern. McCain exhibits the characteristics of a troubleshooter. This type of leader tends to deal with the here and now, is action-oriented, sees problems as separate issues and is primarily reactive. Barack Obama is more of a visionary, seeing a bigger, intertwined picture. For example, the visionary would perceive energy as an issue related to our security, the environment, our domestic economy and foreign policy. The troubleshooter, McCain, tends to approach energy by proposing immediate fixes: opening areas for drilling, now; building nuclear plants; reducing restrictions. While style...
Examining leadership style gives some insight into how the candidates might govern. McCain exhibits the characteristics of a troubleshooter. This type of leader tends to deal with the here and now, is action-oriented, sees problems as separate issues and is primarily reactive. Barack Obama is more of a visionary, seeing a bigger, intertwined picture. For example, the visionary would perceive energy as an issue related to our security, the environment, our domestic economy and foreign policy. The troubleshooter, McCain, tends to approach energy by proposing immediate fixes: opening areas for drilling, now; building nuclear plants; reducing restrictions. While style...
When Michael J. Aziz taught an undergraduate course on thermodynamics, what began as a curious venture into the looming energy crisis turned into an urgent call to action. “I decided that I’d better become interested in this area and see where I could help,” said Aziz, a professor of materials science. In January, he will bring this passion to the classroom as part of the Harvard Graduate Consortium on Energy And Environment, a new program that will pool the intellectual resources of doctoral students across the University to help solve...
...policy not to “discuss investment strategies or individual investments.” Several Boston-area hedge funds that received substantial initial investments from Harvard—including ex-HMC chief Jack R. Meyer’s Convexity Capital—all declined to comment on any action HMC may be taking to sell the investments it has with them. “We have a policy of not talking about our investments or our business outside of our client base,” said Daniel S. Lehan III, who is listed as the chief operating officer...
...what it means today. "Traditionally for Palestinians, the Nakbah has been about looking back in sorrow," says Nabulsi. "But what I am seeing among younger people now is that they are using Nakbah commemoration to look forward." For Abukeshek, it's about finding a jumping off point for action. "It's an event we can mobilize around," he says...