Word: chairman
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...Boston Globe reported yesterday that Kennedy’s widow, Victoria Kennedy, and his two sons, U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy Jr., have informed Patrick that Kirk, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is their first choice...
Kirk was rumored to be the favored candidate, with the Boston Globe reporting Wednesday that Kennedy’s widow, Victoria Kennedy, and his two sons, U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy Jr., had informed the governor that Kirk—a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee—was their first choice...
...Harvard students made up 15 out of the 49 Army ROTC students participating in the MIT program, according to Lt. Colonel Timothy Hall, the department head of Army ROTC at MIT. This year, Harvard students make up 15 out of 86. Paul E. Mawn ’63, the chairman of Advocates for Harvard ROTC, said that this trend could be due, at least in part, to the College’s decision to withdraw official recognition of the program in the 1960s. Beginning in 1969, Harvard students who wanted to enroll in ROTC had to trek to Kendall Square...
...have been moving ahead on their own. They're cutting carbon emissions at rates higher than any government and improving energy efficiency for the sake of their own profits. "Businesses need to deal with climate change, and they need regulatory certainty and simplicity from governments," says Charles Holliday, the chairman of DuPont...
...dollars of investment poured into new hotels and casinos and newly wealthy Chinese crowded baccarat and blackjack tables. But the good times came to a sudden end in late 2008 as the credit crunch paralyzed global financial markets. Gaming revenues sank and casinos laid off staff. Sheldon Adelson, chairman of casino operator Las Vegas Sands, was forced to halt his $12 billion plan to build an Asian version of the Las Vegas Strip on a stretch of reclaimed land called Cotai due to financing woes. The boomtown went bust...