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...Bach festivals in Europe and listening to Don Giovanni at home--are unusual among Iraqis. And given that half the country is under 20, Iraqis might wonder whether the tall man with a silver forelock is up to the job. Pachachi's aides argue that his age is an asset, especially after the Saddam era. "He's 81, so he's obviously not going to become a dictator," says Fareed Yasseen, an Iraqi-American consultant who serves as Pachachi's senior aide. And while U.S. officials selected him for the council, some Iraqis draw a distinction with another Washington favorite...
Eisner received the smackdown of his career at Disney's annual shareholder meeting in Philadelphia last week, suffering a 43% vote of no confidence from investors. You would think it would have prompted the board to take a long, hard look at whether he was more liability than asset. But its response, while swift, was largely unsatisfying to critics: the board let Eisner retain his role as chief executive but tapped director George Mitchell to replace him as chairman--even though Mitchell himself received a 24% no-confidence vote...
...absolutely, 100 percent agree,” said Harvard Coach Katey Stone. “She’s a tremendous asset to the team...
...think that timber is quite attractive to what other asset classes have to offer,” Meyer said. “[Timber] is also a good diversifier since its returns will not correlate closely with returns from equity markets.”Meyer said that because the most recent purchase was not “typical,” it has generated more interest than Harvard’s previous purchases of timberland...
...communion between car and creator, he barrels his work-in-progress around a track at upwards of 120 m.p.h. The 51-year-old admits he's addicted to the speed rush. "When I'm out there on the track, I'm fearless," he says. Fearlessness has been a useful asset for Hori. As executive chief engineer responsible for the gas-electric hybrid Prius, he spent years battling the idea that environmentally friendly cars would never appeal to consumers or make a profit. Today he stands proudly on the wreckage of that conventional wisdom, having helped create the first...