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...EIGHT YEARS, ROBERT RICH HAS WORKED from the basement of the Marc Jacobs store in New York City. His tiny office is plastered with photographs and magazine clippings of famous clients?Sofia Coppola, Hilary Swank, Winona Ryder. Amid the beautiful clutter, the only discernible piece of furniture is a white leather sofa that looks a lot like a couch you would find in a shrink's office?which is fitting, since Rich is a therapist of sorts. His official title at Marc Jacobs is director of public relations for stores?he decides what to buy for the label...
Kennedy School alum Robert B. Zoellick, now the deputy secretary of state, returned to his old stomping grounds last night and defended the Bush administration’s stance on a controversial seaport deal at an Institute of Politics forum. Zoellick’s remarks came amid a nationwide uproar over a transaction that would leave several key U.S. port terminals—including New Orleans and Newark, N.J.—in the hands of a Dubai state-owned firm. The Dubai firm, DP World, bid $6.8 billion to buy the British company that currently operates the ports...
...last time that University Hall became the scene of an anti-administration revolt, the ripples extended all the way to the college applicant pool. This time, though, experts and applicants alike believe that history won’t repeat itself.In 1969, amid nationwide anti-war protests, students forcefully occupied the hall. That incident was one factor leading to the resignation of then-President Nathan M. Pusey ’28 two years later.From 1969 to 1970, applications to Harvard College dropped by 6 percent, and again dropped 12 percent the following year.Last month, University Hall was once more the site...
...Academic Council in its faculty handbook. But the Academic Council—with just a few top administrators among its members—is a far cry from the representative University-wide body that some professors have been proposing.BRING BACK THE COUNCILThe calls for a University senate emerged amid tensions between FAS and Harvard’s outgoing president, Lawrence H. Summers weeks ago.“I actually personally wish that there were a University senate, which would provide an opportunity for issues generally to be discussed before a more representative body,” the Design School?...
...Guard document warning that, because of intelligence gaps, it couldn't rule out that the company could be infiltrated by terrorists. The Coast Guard has since made clear that its concerns about Dubai Ports World were subsequently addressed and resolved, but Congressional Democrats, not surprisingly, remain skeptical. But lost amid the current controversy is the fact that U.S. port security actually starts overseas, long before cargo arrives at U.S. shores, and security experts warn that there are crucial gaps even at that point...