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...board has discussed this issue, and the board is completely committed to continuing to provide compensation for outstanding performance at HMC at levels that will enable us to attract the most talented people,” Summers said in an interview in October...
...position that will focus on journalism and public policy and will be based at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG). The Knight Foundation, which advocates journalism and community service, founded the lectureship in a joint project with the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy to attract nationally recognized, practicing journalists. Those selected as Knight lecturers receive a $200,000 grant, which they can use to research at the university of their choice. Carroll had already planned to do research at Harvard under a fellowship awarded to him by the Shorenstein Center, but said...
...piece,” Shiozaki said. “The composer should have some say in the way the piece is played. One way you can discover what the composer would have wanted is by learning about the context.” Oja said she hopes the course will attract students with a variety of interests beyond music. “We want people in music, but we want more than that,” Oja said. “This appeals to people in Jewish studies, in gender studies.” Shelemay also stressed the range of interests...
...opponents of the bill brought it down Friday by sustaining a filibuster. Revelations in Friday's New York Times that the White House had secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists within the United States since 9/11 without warrants only stiffened opponents' resolve and helped attract new allies. Democrat Charles Schumer, for instance, went to bed Thursday undecided, he said, but the Times article "greatly influenced my vote" to maintain the filibuster...
...musicians who apply and attend the university,” Peter Anderegg concurs in an e-mail.Although the Andereggs may have arrived too late, Levin says the program gives cause for optimism for the future. “It is the hope of both institutions that the new program will attract students who otherwise might not consider applying to either,” he says.Kapusta is similarly pleased with the prospects of the collaboration. “While still in its developing stages, that the Harvard/NEC program has finally been realized is a wonderful step towards an extremely beneficial partnership...