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...bottom line is that, unless there's something very amiss, you're going to bring in whatever you've got shown in the total, unless you've got some pretty flaky stuff pledged. But that doesn't happen. I don't think, in the Ivies," says Jordon...
Indeed, as University Hall is a self-styled enlightened oligarchy, it would not be amiss for it to create strong incentives for actively moral behavior. Almost everyone would hand in their papers on time if they received a gold star by their names in the gradebook. How about a Harvard Scouts program, with merit badges for cleanliness, obedience, and hair length (no long sideburns!). Alcohol and drug use would plummet, and we'd completely eliminate those radical fringe types. We would build a community of upstanding young men and women, who would depart Harvard eager to serve better their country...
...reasoning of the Corporation's 1978 policy statement precluded investments in such companies. The more moderate alumni and faculty members were dismayed as well at the apparent toothlessness of the Corporation's policy. And even the ACSR's conservative chairman, Business School professor Walter J. Salmon, thought something was amiss. In one of its rare moments of near unanimity, the ACSR decided to raise the issue with the Corporation...
...reasoning of the Corporation's 1978 policy statement precluded investments in such companies. The more moderate alumni and faculty members were dismayed as well at the apparent toothlessness of the Corporation's policy. And even the ACSR's conservative chairman. Business School professor Walter J. Salmon, thought something was amiss. In one of its rare moments of near unanimity, the ACSR decided to raise the issue with the Corporation...
Biggs' judgment has not often been amiss. Last July he was one of a handful of Wall Streeters predicting that the Dow would break 1000 by year's end. It reached a high...