Word: chief
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Obama's team spread good feelings and good intentions, with chief climate negotiator Todd Stern telling delegates, "We want to make up for lost time." But for the most part, the U.S. team remained passive observers. That can be chalked up to the fact that it has been on the job for mere weeks, but it's a worrying sign of how hard-pressed the international community will be if it wants to meet its deadline of creating a new Kyoto by December. "There's a lot of goodwill because [the U.S. is] back and everyone is tired of spending...
...Harvard Allston Task Force meeting in late March, BRA Chief Planner Kairos Shen committed to revitalizing the planning process for relocating the Charlesview Apartments and developing the Holton Street Corridor—two projects related to Harvard’s expansion that have been sidelined in recent months due to the focus on the Science Complex...
...York City Ballet and a style of movement totally new neo-classical, despite its Imperial roots. This one man would transform American dance forever.The symposium features a starry list of illustrious guest speakers, panelists, and moderators that includes Joan Acocella, staff writer for The New Yorker; Anna Kisselgoff, former chief dance critic at the New York Times; former New York City Ballet dancer Toni Bentley; and current Boston Ballet director Mikko Nissinen, as well as Harvard faculty and visiting professors of history, music, and drama from colleges around the globe. Lecture topics range from “Fashion for Russia?...
...significance is a task left by the University to the OIP, which assesses how well student proposals adhere to standards for cultural immersion, faculty consultation, and curricular integration. According to Erin E. Goodman, the assistant director of the OIP and one of the grant program’s chief coordinators, 825 students applied for Rockefeller grants, which are available only for proposed projects lasting at least eight weeks. Of that number, 511 have been sent letters informing them of their grant award, with the possibility that some award recipients may receive late notification. “Of the people that...
...Economists generally see the stimulus package as a positive. But some warn that it might not go far enough in generating domestic demand. Shinichi Ichikawa, chief strategist at Credit Suisse Tokyo, says that the government has failed to articulate "a philosophy to change the Japanese economic structure." The program doesn't do enough to reform the economy so that consumers will save less and spend more on a permanent basis, he says, which means growth will remain overly reliant on the performance of a handful of top companies such as Toyota Motor, the world's largest automaker. "I think...