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...word," says a former clerk. Brennan is revered in part because of his reverence for the institution he serves. Columbia Law School Professor Gerard Lynch, a former Brennan clerk, says that he remains as delighted as ever by the fact that "ordinary people consider the Supreme Court the last bastion of justice and fairness...
...have reached that stage in life when my parents have begun to ask me for advice, and when the delusional security of my younger years has vanished. Okay, so maybe ‘fortunate’ is an overstatement. But despite the dramatic collapse of my safe childhood bastion, being summoned for advice has actually been liberating in some ways. And my mother, a recent divorcée, now actually listens to my supposed ‘analyses...
Still, Emirates executives point out that Dubai--and the airline itself--is a tolerant, multicultural bastion, with English as the common language. "With more than 100 nationalities working here, and an open, self-critical way of doing business, we're not even an Arab airline," says executive vice president Gaith Al Gaith. And it's not as if Emirates shies away from its associations with the U.S.: it slapped a 20-story picture of the Statue of Liberty on a Dubai skyscraper last summer to advertise its New York flights...
...Still, Emirates executives point out that Dubai?and the airline itself?is a tolerant, multicultural bastion, with English as the common language. "With more than 100 nationalities working here, and an open, self-critical way of doing business, we're not even an Arab airline," says executive vice president Gaith Al Gaith. And it's not as if Emirates shies away from its associations with the U.S.: it slapped a 20-story picture of the Statue of Liberty on a Dubai skyscraper last summer to advertise its New York flights...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences have clearly stated their lack of confidence in President Summers. Of course the Harvard Corporation—one of the oldest absolute oligarchies in the Western Hemisphere, and a bastion of the American ruling class—is in no way bound to act on the faculty’s views. And so as expected, it has announced its continued confidence in Summers. But surely a smart ruling class realizes that, when the servants are this upset, it may be wise to change the household arrangements...