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...director's job can be a post of unequaled power in shaping economic policy, or it can be relegated to little more than government bookkeeping, massaging the numbers so they justify decisions made elsewhere. George Bush's budget director, the brilliant and calculating Richard Darman, managed to commandeer virtually the entire domestic agenda from his post in the Old Executive Office Building. "Some people come to Washington to take over a department and don't know that they can't do much without OMB's approval," Darman once observed. "But they learn--some more painfully than others." Leon Panetta, Clinton...
...Lakers' success is the result of a brilliant front office; general manager Jerry West orchestrated Shaquille O'Neal's signing brilliantly, trading away Anthony Peeler and George Lynch to Vancouver in order to free up the necessary money under the salary cap. The recent trade of Cedric Ceballos to Phoenix for Robert Horry underscored West's place as the NBA's top executive...
...many appointments require little to no teaching, affording the professor independence and freedom to proceed with his or her research. What good is a twelve to one ratio if each professors teaches a significantly smaller load of courses than do their colleagues at another school? The Independent published a brilliant article a few years ago showing the uncanny correlation between getting the Levenson Award for outstanding teaching and being passed over for tenure. Whatever Harvard's criteria for academic excellence, being an educator is not central among them...
...masterpiece has permeated popular culture and become one of the most recognized movie soundtracks of all time. No one will ever forget the triumphant cry of the title credit prologue or the jazzy quirkiness of the Cantina Band jam. By combining his unparalleled dimension of sound with the already brilliant development of characters and scenes, Williams forged a musical imprint into the minds of moviegoers everywhere. Star Wars: A New Hope reinstills what the original soundtrack embodied and gives a whole new generation the opportunity to discover the magic of Williams' music and the greatest science fiction epic...
...Professor Mansfield is brilliant and an asset to the community," said Jason B. Phillips '99. "Whatever he is doing I hope it's fruitful and [he] comes back...