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...international students are a remarkable asset for the Kennedy School and the University, and we are delighted that we have been able to attract other new programs such as the Wexner-Israel Fellows program, the CECO-funded program for Spanish officials, the German government program for civil servants and the Middle East Fellows Program for Arab and Israeli health and welfare professionals. These programs assure ongoing funding for the best and most appropriate students and mid-career officials from various countries to come to the Kennedy School; we view that as an ideal situation, and our efforts are in keeping...
David J. Samuels '89, who received numerous monetary awards through the History Department to do thesis research in Washington, D.C. and South Carolina, agrees that the added time was a definite asset to his research...
...Detroit Tigers baseball team lost an important asset last week when its newly hired outfielder, Fred Lynn, failed to qualify for postseason play. Reason: he got caught in a traffic jam. Lynn was playing in Anaheim, Calif., for the Baltimore Orioles when he accepted Detroit's offer late Wednesday afternoon. But to qualify for the playoffs under league rules, he had to join the team, then in Chicago, by midnight. The Tigers chartered a jet for Lynn at Ontario (Calif.) International Airport, but rush-hour congestion reportedly stretched his 35-minute drive to an hour and 15 minutes. That proved...
Bush's advisers insisted that Quayle would yet become an asset to the ticket. Said Craig Fuller, the Vice President's chief of staff: "There's clearly a sense that the media attacks on him were overdone, and people are interested in judging him for themselves...
Even Murdoch, however, must turn to others for help in buying magazines and TV stations. Because he refuses to raise capital by issuing enough shares to dilute his control of News Corp., Murdoch finances most of his acquisitions through the sale of assets and by borrowing. The company's current debt is $4.7 billion, and annual interest payments amount to more than $600 million. But Murdoch's publishing ventures generate a large enough cash flow -- $1.2 billion last year -- to cover the interest payments. Murdoch was one of the first to recognize that media companies, which are traditionally asset poor...