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...attended most of them).”Summers eventually withdrew from the committee last spring after professors strongly criticized his interference in Faculty affairs.But even now that the Gen Ed committee has released its final report, which calls for abolishing the Core Curriculum in favor of a set of broad distribution requirements, Summers is said to remain disappointed with the review’s outcome.“The curricular review is far and away the greatest failure of Kirby’s tenure, in Summers’ mind,” said the individual who has spoken to members...
...market. Luxury purveyors like Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's (the only other brand that will stay in Federated's portfolio) have boosted profit margins by catering to the affluent. Discounters like Wal-Mart and Target have captured the bargain hunters. The stores that tried to appeal to a broad middle-income audience, as Macy's hopes to, have struggled. Former No. 1 retailer Sears merged with former No. 1 discounter Kmart to try to right two listing ships. Saks, a luxury icon suffering from mismanagement, misfired in its attempt to go down-market and has put its more lowbrow...
...completely cede wartime power to the President," the source says. Talk of an amendment could end up as merely a lever in hearings. Then again, the first 10 amendments--better known as the Bill of Rights--were demanded by the states in part to curb the Constitution's broad presidential powers...
Noel added that although Charm School is unique to MIT, it is not indicative of MIT’s lack of charm. Rather, there is broad interest across the country in charm education, she said...
...hire.” Although Kirby’s tenure will be the shortest of the last four Faculty deans, he said that he was comfortable leaving his post after “four years of very ambitious activity.” “In those broad areas in which I wanted to make a difference...I think we have set a strong foundation,” he said, adding that he wants to return to his studies of modern China before he falls too far behind the changing times. “China is changing even faster than...