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...year history of HBS have either held degrees from Harvard or held professorships at the University, according to HBS spokesman James E. Aisner ’68. While the school’s first and second deans had Harvard degrees in economics and in law, respectively, every dean appointed since 1919 has been either a former student or faculty member at HBS. And Summers has preferred to appoint internal candidates to lead Harvard’s faculties.Any HBS dean would likely have to be familiar with the school’s unique teaching method. HBS’s faculty teaches...
...women to spend time clearing cedar with Bush on the ranch and pacing him on his runs, and over the years he got to know her well enough that he was sure she would help him avoid his father's fate. Presidents, especially those named Bush, must not appoint Supreme Court judges who, once robed for life, turn out to be squishy moderates. "No more Souters" was the right's rallying cry, so when he said he knew her well, knew her heart, knew she wouldn't change, he thought conservatives would be delighted...
...legislation on the rare issues where they agree. (One recent bill provides $90 million to research the effects of video games on the cognitive development of children.) Obama is now working with Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, one of the chamber?s most conservative members, to demand that President Bush appoint someone to act as a chief financial officer to oversee Katrina spending. Clinton, who focused mainly on domestic policy issues before she entered the Senate, has emerged as a key player on defense issues; Obama is expanding his horizons with foreign policy. When Katrina hit, Obama was on his first...
With the anticipated retirement of its current head, Kofi A. Annan, the U.N. General Assembly must prepare to appoint Annan’s successor based on the recommendation of the Security Council...
G.O.P. officials say Cheney opposed a czar largely out of his affection for standard operating procedure. But a presidential adviser tells TIME that Cheney was also concerned that the new office would invite more meddling by Congress and create another power center. "If you appoint a czar and he doesn't get what he wants, like if you start to tamp down the spending, all he has to do is go to the press and create sympathy for his viewpoint and make it difficult for the President," the adviser says. Bush and his inner circle agreed, with little debate...