Word: barrone
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...building. The plan has outraged some politicians in Britain, where, as in Sarkozy's campaign, immigration is a hot issue. Conservative Party immigration spokesman Damian Green has said he fears a fresh stampede of illegal immigrants from a new Calais center. The Calais mayor's spokesman Bernard Barron counters that his city has no choice. "Calais has been abandoned by Europe, by France, by Britain," he says. "We are alone." The same cannot be said of Khodadadi, one of just hundreds camped along the coast, eyeing their dream destination across the Channel...
...most innovative scholarship in trusts and estates, and Professor Sitkoff will continue that tradition,” Manning said, adding that Sitkoff has proven to be a “promising scholar, phenomenal teacher, and wonderful colleague.” According to Professor of Law David J. Barron, a former Crimson president, Sitkoff will be the only member of the faculty who specializes in research for trusts and estates. Manning added that Sitkoff’s appointment, in addition to the appointment four other professors, would add new blood to the faculty. Sitkoff, who has been at the Law School...
...Boston boardinghouse owner Jessie Barron bought Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, with a down payment of $2,500. She did this at the behest of her longtime boarder and not-so-longtime second husband, financial writer Clarence Barron. But Mrs. Barron really was the owner, and when she died in 1918, her majority share passed to her daughter by her first marriage, Jane Bancroft...
...have surely heard, the three dozen cousins who have a hand in voting the shares inherited from Jessie Barron face a momentous decision. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has offered to buy them out at a staggeringly high price--$60 a share, or 75% higher than the market was valuing Dow Jones before the offer. The Bancrofts' initial answer was no, but there is disagreement within the family. If Murdoch ups his bid, anything could happen--and the current betting on Wall Street is that something will...
...exceptional amount of time required to practice this orchestral masterwork, the four groups have also had to jump over logistical hurdles in their preparation. “It’s almost kind of an unwritten fire-hazard to get everyone on stage,” says Christine L. Barron ’09, the current president of HRO. The roughly 300 members of the combined groups, as well as many large instruments, including eight tympanis, must all fit on stage at the same time. “You’re shuffling around, I think, five percent...