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...Daniel Vasella, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis International and a past participant in several executive education programs at HBS. Vasella said that increases in life expectancy—along with a decline in birth rates—indicate that the U.S. population will grow older, putting an added burden on the nation’s health care system. “Business knowledge can improve the efficiency and productivity of the health care system,” Vasella said. “One day, you will be asked to act as leaders and make a real difference, allowing people...
...regretted it if I hadn’t gone.”So, am I just doing some kind of Calvinist delayed-gratification guilt-trip principle by going to these things? Why am I still compelled, despite your rational logic? What sort of beast am I? Henry: Beasts of burden. That’s right, draft animals, kosher hunks of meat with cloven hooves and mouthfuls of cud. Together we are herded underground, into dark, crowded bars, to await the slaughter of the opening act, dreaming of DMB popping out and doing a 50-minute...
...just want to respect the Square 24 hours a day,” Fund President Jinny Nathans says.She says that residents are concerned about preserving the “liveability” of the Square, as well as preventing the need for increased police presence and the subsequent burden on taxpayers.However, Nathans believes that the Defense Fund can be convinced to support a bid for extended hours, if the reason is good enough. “I’m not saying [a reason is] un-findable, but it’s their job to come up with...
...organize the blood drive provide a great service. Giving blood is a great way to help others, and it doesn’t take much time—or, at least, it shouldn’t. The way the drive is currently organized at Harvard, however, places an unreasonable burden on potential donors by requiring two to three hours of time, time that most simply don’t have...
...THERE SOMETHING EXTRA YOU BRING TO THE JOB AS A WOMAN? Sensitivity to human needs. Maybe that comes from being a mother and interacting with other women, many of whom carry the biggest burden in times of both war and peace. GENDER ASIDE, HOW WILL THE JOHNSON-SIRLEAF PRESIDENCY BE DIFFERENT? AFTER NEARLY 14 YEARS OF CIVIL WAR, UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT 80% AND MANY STILL LIVE IN REFUGEE CAMPS. I'm going to have a rigorous reform agenda in which we will introduce the structural change our country has lacked for so long. The renewal of Liberia means...