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Susan had chosen me because she had researched my education, read a paper I had written, determined my university affiliation and knew where I lived. It was a little too much - as if she knew how stinky and snorey I was last Sunday morning. Yes, she was simply researching important aspects of her own health care. Yes, who your surgeon is certainly affects what your surgeon does. But I was unnerved by how she brandished her information, too personal and just too rude on our first meeting...
...Gehry was chosen to help plan Harvard’s Allston expansion. At the time, he told The Boston Globe he would “add some design DNA to the overall project...
...even some outside New York—to adhere to a “code of conduct.” This state-regulated code prohibited schools and lenders from sharing revenues, mandated disclosure of university-lender relationships, restricted how “preferred lenders” should be chosen, and banned gifts from lenders to university officials. Since the Education Department explicitly stipulated that their new federal law will supersede state law, Cuomo’s strict code of conduct may be nullified. Indeed, many lenders support the Education Department’s regulation because it is weaker and pushed...
...time was that everything in my life had been external goals that were just a path to being a well-paid professional,” he recalls. “It just seemed like they were these steps that weren’t something I’d chosen out of my interests.” He changed his thesis topic to discuss the careers Harvard students choose after they graduate, and remembers his shock at his discovery of the low numbers of students entering academia, politics, or anything at all but finance and consulting. “Start...
...Somehow at the end of every spring, when the chosen few emerge victorious with Greek letters on their jackets, the ugly elements of the journey are casually disregarded and often remain publicly unconfirmed. It’s the hand signs that get thrown up and the fly strolling or the stepping that seem so appealing. The appearance of unconditional love, strong bonds and even community service elevate these members and the organizations they represent...