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...It’s not just about the amount of money but the virtue of scale,” Reeve said. “what that scale buys you is that you can attract [star scientists] and do research you can’t do elsewhere...
...likely to see more celebrities than you can shake an autograph book or a fist at: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Johnny Deep (Sweeney Todd), Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts (both for Charlie Wilson's War), Jodie Foster (The Brave One) and John Travolta (Hairspray). Angelina Jolie couldn't attract paying customers to A Mighty Heart, but her allure as a good-deed-doing camera magnet is undiminished. She'll be there as a Best Actress nominee. Brad will have to come as Angelina's guest, however; the Pitt bull was snubbed for Jesse James - not to mention the outrage...
...political analyst Federico Estvez says Ebrard's ice rinks and beaches are camouflage for a mayor with no significant policies. "You can't fool the middle class that they are in Rockefeller Center," Estvez says. "Where is the policy here? How about trying to attract some investment." Being mayor of Mexico City is a traditional apprenticeship for presidential candidates of Ebrard's Democratic Revolution Party. But despite the entertainments he has introduced, Ebrard is constantly overshadowed by his mentor and predecessor Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, who gained immense popularity through programs and projects for both...
...strict ban on nepotism and a compulsory retirement age of 60. Founding CEO N.R. Narayana Murthy, who still flies coach despite a net worth estimated at $1 billion, says the break with the past was deliberate: "We had to aspire to global standards, especially if we wanted to attract investors from abroad." When he turned 60 in 2002, Murthy stood down as CEO and moved back to his first, more modest office. His successor, co-founder Nandan Nilekani, retired as CEO in June, although he remains chairman...
...significant resources to developing Asian American studies, he said, it may be difficult for Harvard to compete with other universities’ more established programs. “I think that for Asian American studies or any other sort of initiative to thrive—to be able to attract the most talented faculty and students—there has to be a commitment to building a critical mass in the field,” Johnson wrote in an e-mail.Hiring one professor, he added, is not enough. SMALL STEPS In their quest to bring Asian American studies to Harvard, AAA?...