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...Radcliffe has forced Faust to become something of an academic jack-of-all-trades—an asset as the search committee looks for a president who will expand the University’s science initiatives...
...barbarity by showing more barbarity." But the station still seems to define itself more by what it is not than by what it is. "I think CNN has sent a pro-Bush message from Iraq," says Saint-Paul, who insists that "our editorial independence is our most important asset...
...international credit was torn to shreds. German trading companies ceased to remit the money they owed to brokers in London. European investors rushed to withdraw their money from New York. As nervous banks called in loans, panic selling swept the world's financial markets. But the further asset prices fell, the worse the crisis became. Securities that had been the collateral for immense pyramids of debt were suddenly unsellable. The central banks had to admit they lacked the means to stem the outflow. The only way to avoid a complete financial implosion was literally to close the world's stock...
...radar, pushing ahead with a “process” bent on reaching a foregone conclusion. The board seems reluctant to push back at Harvard for better sites, community benefits, and other improvements for Charlesview. It is as if the board believes that demanding full value for our asset would somehow offend Harvard and cause the board to lose its opportunity...
...have to feel a little sorry for U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. The former Goldman Sachs CEO's China experience and contacts - he had visited no less than 72 times - was touted as a major asset when he was appointed to the job five months ago. Now, he's in Beijing at the head of a high-powered U.S. economic delegation that includes six cabinet ministers, the U.S. Trade Representative and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke - and he's under pressure to deliver. The U.S. urgently needs Beijing to allow its currency to appreciate in value against the dollar...