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...year refitting also added long- range Tomahawk missiles, medium-range Harpoon missiles and four 20-mm Gatling- type guns designed to throw out a "wall of lead" to stop incoming missiles. Combined with her 13.5-in. armor plate and 212,000 horsepower, the weapons give the Navy an asset that amounts to more than just a national historical treasure. "She can run with any task force we put together," says Captain George Fink, who oversaw the Missouri's modernization...
...which was $3.2 million at the time, had been run entirely in-house until 1981. Then the Longhorns decided to put 10 percent of their portfolio in the hands of external investors. "Managers have a style of how they run investments," says Michael Patrick '65, executive vice chancellor for asset management at UT. "We decided that we wanted to supplement the way we manage money with another style...
...voters' "appetite for celebrity," the legacy of past representatives such as retiring Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., John F. Kennedy '40, and James Michael Curley. Kaplovitz said he believes Roosevelt stirkes a balance between the glitter of a famous name and the more practical asset of substantive political skill...
...different lives that they would under the current system, but rather to foster an atmosphere in which respect, understanding and tolerance predominate over prejudices based on ignorance and insecurity. Education does not end at the classroom door. The diversity of the student body may be Harvard's greatest educational asset; the housing system should encourage students to take advantage of it, instead of turning it into a source of anxiety and prejudice...
Department members disagree about how Skocpol's arrival this summer will affect the department, with some maintaining that she will be a major asset to Harvard sociology. Others argue that her arrival will be divisive and increase the conflict in the embattled department...