Word: chases
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Paper Chase, a novel-turned-movieabout Harvard Law School (HLS), may have neverbeen written if it were not for Alfred...
When he was in his third year at HLS, Osbornbegan writing The Paper Chase. He soughtacademic credit for the book and was told to findan adviser...
...classic view of business school is a Paper Chase-style classroom full of hyper-competitive white guys in stuffed shirts. The defining 1973 movie was actually based on life at Harvard Law School, but the image of memorizing case studies, cold calling (when a professor calls on students at random) and learning by intimidation is one the B school can't seem to shake. It's also an image that may turn off a lot of women. "Many women feel that M.B.A. programs offer a very chilly climate for them," says Judith Sturnick, director of the Office of Women...
Plenty of schools still rely on the old-fashioned Paper Chase methods in at least some of their classes, but the reality of the business-school classroom today is a lot more cooperative. First-year student Joey Wat considered several schools before finally settling on Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where women make up 32% of the student body. "Kellogg is famous for its teamwork culture," says Wat, who was working in management consulting in Hong Kong. "That appealed to me a great deal...
FASHION: THE FINAL FRONTIER When Isabella Rossellini launched her makeup line last week, she used a model (1) with braces. Chase Manhattan Bank also braced itself in an ad (2), as have hot British lasses Shaznay Lewis of the band All Saints (3) and model Cordelia Oakes-Ash (4). It's all in how you wear them...