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...move marks the first of a series of crucial appointments for Faust. Before she takes office on July 1, Faust must appoint deans to lead the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Harvard Medical School, and the Graduate School of Design, and she must also name a vice president for alumni affairs and development and an executive vice president...
...move marks the first of a series of crucial appointments for Faust. Before she takes office on July 1, Faust must appoint deans to lead the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), Harvard Medical School, and the Graduate School of Design, and she must also name a vice president for alumni affairs and development and an executive vice president...
...office carries huge symbolic importance, especially for the Turkish military, since one of the President's titles-albeit a ceremonial one-is commander-in-chief. The incumbent President, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, is a staunch secularist who was only too willing to wield his veto power to quash legislation and appointments he deemed too Islamist. As the ruling party, the AKP had a constitutional right to appoint one of its own to replace Sezer, and Erdogan came close to nominating himself for the job. In the end, he bowed out in the face of vigorous opposition from the military...
...pressure from global competition inside and outside Siemens has a huge impact on careers. While there are still very few non-Germans in high executive positions, they are becoming more common. For example, a year ago, Umlauft needed a director for global sales. "Everyone expected me to appoint a German," he says. "But I hired a guy out of India. He's now in Görlitz, and he's a great sales...
...distance itself from some of the Islamist rhetoric of its precursor party, and in government, it has done more for Turkey's European Union membership bid than any party before it. But its record is patchy. It also tried to pass a law that would criminalize adultery, and to appoint an Islamic banker as head of the central bank. Every day the papers carry a report of an AKP official in some town doing something outlandish - men and women being segregated at a municipal event, a swimming pool banning women from entering with their young sons (because they are male...