Word: carla
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...certifying the degree of closeness in case one is reported for impermissible fraternization with a known lobbyist. The House guidelines mix lawyerly analysis with primer language the most ethically challenged can understand, employing kindergarten names such as Moe Member, Larry Lobbyist and Stella Staffer to make their points. (Example: Carla Congresswoman lunches periodically with Edna Executive. Edna always picks up the tab. Aside from these lunches, the two never socialize. Although they have known each other for years, theirs is not a "personal friendship.") Of course, this being Washington, Edna may become godmother to Carla's first born, but never...
...today's business world? Richard D'Aveni, a professor of corporate strategy at Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business, sees plenty of room for deals along the lines of both the Time Warner merger and the AT&T breakup. (Businessman Donald Perkins and former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills sit on both boards, which voted for conflicting goals.) D'Aveni discerns an intrinsic cycle: poorly conceived mergers turning into spin-offs. The aim is to dominate a market, as Microsoft rules software, Delta dominates the Atlanta airport and Chrysler is the king of minivans. A likely lesson: if sprawl...
...Carla A. Halpern, a second-year student at the Law School, submitted an article on deaf culture after seeing an advertisement Luo posted to the Internet...
...member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. But insiders say several of them -- notably Luce, former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills and former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent -- have echoed Bennett's concerns in conversations with Levin. "Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited," says Luce. "I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have belatedly come to realize this...
...always thinking of when you're goingback," said Carla Sbert-Carlsson, who is an LLMcandidate at the Law School. "I always think ofMexico as my home. I don't feel safer being herebecause I know I'll be back someday...