Word: adjuncts
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Smith: But we have to draw the line between the issues ... and television and the fact that these people come into our homes now 24/7. They become adjunct members of the family. One reason why I think we have lots of one-term Presidents is because they wear out their welcome like any sitcom character ... The single greatest problem confronting the presidency is overexposure...
...Alaska is, in essence, an adjunct member of OPEC. It has four different taxes on oil, which produce more than 89% of the state's unrestricted revenue. On average, three-quarters of the value of a barrel of oil is taken by the state government before that oil is permitted to leave the state. Alaska residents each get a yearly check for about $2,000 from oil revenues, plus an additional $1,200 pushed through by Palin last year to take advantage of rising oil prices. Any sympathy the governor of Alaska expresses for folks in the lower...
...newest member of the Harvard Law School faculty aims to bridge the gap between the study of law and the practice of law. Professor Ashish Nanda, a former Harvard Business School associate professor, is an expert on how professional firms are managed and was formerly an adjunct professor at the Law School. “Ashish Nanda is known far and wide for his deep understanding of law and other professional service firms,” said Law School Dean Elena Kagan in a press release on Tuesday. “He is the perfect person to lead our executive...
...Zimbabwe's regeneration, says Michelle Gavin, Adjunct Scholar on Africa at the Council on Foreign Relations, "would have to be an all-hands-on-deck effort." International financial institutions and donors, which ended their involvement to protest the regime's corruption and human rights abuses, would be likely to step in with emergency programs to bring Zimbabwe back from the brink. And already international investors sense a bargain in the making. LonZim, an investment fund set up by the Lonrho mining group last December, has already raised $65 million to invest in Zimbabwe. "We're very bullish that Zimbabwe...
...Oscars Blooper Reel Richard Corliss is fully justified in griping about incorrectly awarded Academy Awards [Feb. 25]. There should be retrospective awards to correct previous errors of judgment. They could be awarded on Oscar night each year as an adjunct to the main ceremony. Citizen Kane could then - at last! - be advertised with an Oscar cachet. Not that it needs to, of course - but still. And second-place nominees in any category should automatically be included in the next year's voting, affording the Academy a more immediate opportunity to correct glaring errors. Jan Schaafsma, Betty's Bay, South Africa...