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...loses ground to more agile institutions which constantly innovate and reinvent themselves. If Harvard is to navigate the serpentine channel that lies ahead and still remain at the forefront of higher education, it must overcome its overwhelming inertia. But the course is difficult, and will require a bold, visionary, and audacious helmsman to chart.For that role we turn to a small crew of 11 who will steer Harvard into the future—Interim President Derek C. Bok, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy R. Knowles, and the nine members of the Presidential Search Committee...
...conversations among professors and nurses, among technicians and police officers, we remembered what made Harvard great—things we too long took for granted. Even as the president’s defenders created the public myth that a handful of lazy leftist professors had brought down a heroic bold thinker, the Faculty talked intensively about what really had gone wrong. Now that we have relearned important lessons about the values of the University, we must not forget them. In most analyses of Harvard’s turmoil, too much has been made of the mysterious uniqueness of academic culture...
...public face of the majority. Allies of Pelosi, who put Emanuel in his campaign job, say that if the Democrats take over, he could become whip, the third-ranking leader. Several Democrats familiar with House sentiment speculate that if the party wins big, members might decide to be bold and pass over her for a Speaker Emanuel, which has a nice ring. (Says Emanuel: "She will be the leader. Not interested...
...publisher is parading its high-price debut novelist, having feted him at the New York restaurant Oceana earlier this month. His historical thriller features Sigmund Freud on his sole visit to the U.S. in 1909, and a diabolical killer who is attacking Manhattan's wealthiest heiresses. "A bold page-turner," says Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club, "with a driving plot." A big Pennsylvania bookseller told PW, "there's no question that this will be the fall's big book...
...mean to separate. Again," she replies. These flash-forwards reveal the lasting effect on Miriam, who barely remembers any of the events depicted in the book. For her, leading a purely secular life is the only answer to the atrocities she and her mother experienced. It's a bold theme in an American culture more used to books with theological bromides (see the Chicken Soup series) than existentialism...