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...poor, old and young, left and right. The society has spawned myriad NGOs, civic movements and ideologically committed political parties that contest virtually every government decision as if the fate of the nation were at stake. No one in power gets a free pass these days: in April, alpha tycoon Lee Kun Hee, chairman of Samsung Group, the country's top conglomerate, was forced to resign after being indicted for tax evasion and breach of fiduciary duty. Under the circumstances, even the most well-meaning official must tread with heightened sensitivity to interest groups. Says Hahm Sung Deuk, an expert...
REPUBLICANS The big surprise has been the bond developing between McCain and onetime rival Mitt Romney. As a competitor, the former Massachusetts governor clearly irritated McCain, but observers say the two now get along famously, with one insider terming them "alpha males" who have moved past their earlier conflicts. One source says that while a group of vice-presidential contenders were enjoying adult beverages recently at McCain's Arizona ranch, the host went out of his way to offer the teetotaling Romney some coffee. Mormons don't drink coffee either, but the gesture was noted...
...called Johnson-Sirleaf “a beacon for progressive leadership across Africa and the world.” After growing up in Liberia’s capital city of Monrovia, Johnson-Sirleaf graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1964, where she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority founded by black women. Following her time at HKS, Johnson-Sirleaf served as Assistant Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert. When Tolbert was overthrown in 1980, she went into exile in Kenya, where she worked for Citibank. After returning to her country, she was imprisoned...
...hundred and sixty-two men and women from the graduating class of 2008 were joined by proud parents in Sanders Theatre yesterday to participate in the 218th Literary Exercises of Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha and Iota Chapter...
...were all pretty feisty and sort of ‘alpha females,’” Lewis said. “But at the same time we all bought into the ‘you get engaged senior year and then you get married and that’s it, and then you be a good wife...