Word: advisor
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...time of that first Wall Street Journal story, Summers was dipping his toes into politics for the very first time—quietly stepping into the public eye as an economics advisor to the Michael S. Dukakis presidential campaign. Dukakis lost to George H.W. Bush, of course, but in 1991, Summers nevertheless decided to turn his back on academia and take a job in Washington as chief economist of the World Bank. “Brilliant” and “phenomenal,” the papers called him, and under such generous spotlights, Summers began to develop into...
Continuing international support for an independent Lebanon has been crucial, said Adib Farha, a former advisor to Hariri’s government and a professor at Lebanese American University in Beirut...
Larry was for some of us an Economics 10 section leader, for others an informal economics tutor, and a friend and advisor to each of us. He offered all of us help and encouragement in our ability to perform at the highest levels in our academic work. He took our comments and arguments seriously and treated each of us with the greatest respect. He fostered in us an appreciation for logical thought, intellectual honesty, and scientific rigor in analyzing issues. Perhaps most importantly, he urged us to have confidence in our abilities. He never made the slightest distinction between...
Even Bush’s own science advisor, John H. Marburger III, seems to be having trouble with Bush’s disregard for the future of scientific research in America. He is certain that Bush “really believes that science is important,” but the best he could come up with to defend the science budget was the assertion that although the budget is “austere, we are not going backward.” Sadly, we are not going forward either...
...sympathy only lasts for so long. At some point, after the tears have dried, the advisor has been pacified, and deadlines have been pushed back, this whining business has got to stop. Today, you may bemoan your field research on the migratory patterns of the lesser white-fronted goose, but tomorrow, you’re going to milk those 80 pages for all they’re worth...