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...every now and then, but decided to tell her story to a larger audience through the magazine. “I want to let other people know that does and can happen, and that it’s nothing to be ashamed of,” she said.Still, she chose to remain anonymous in both the magazine and in this interview, citing pending legal proceedings.But, she added: “Part of it is that I don’t want people to look at me differently.”—Staff writer Gracye Y. Cheng...
...acts, dances, and sings, plans to move to New York City after graduation in order to pursue her passions. A professional dancer in Los Angeles since early childhood and through her teenage years, Jackson had the opportunity to enter the performance profession straight out of high school but instead chose to attend Harvard. “I think that having a liberal arts education is amazing and I would never give up my concentration classes or my elective classes or my core classes to take dance,” says Jackson.“I think I analyze situations from...
...Nonaka, however, chose to take a long-term approach, anticipating that environmental concerns in coming years would become an increasingly important factor in consumer buying decisions. She reorganized Sanyo's 300 subsidiaries into three divisions: environment, energy and lifestyle. The company began marketing new products such as a battery that could be recharged with a solar panel and a washing machine that recycled water. These moves were a hard sell at a proud manufacturing company like Sanyo, which started by making bicycle lamps in 1947. "What Sanyo does best is make batteries and industrial air systems and refrigerators," says Hideyo...
...debut at the new division, he deliberately chose to craft a set of high-performance tour clubs to gain the trust of the world's best players, learn what they wanted and build Nike's reputation in the golf world. Nike Golf's first line of clubs, the ProCombo irons, were targeted at the top 2% of the 27 million golfers hitting the links each year. "We wanted to establish that we could make a product for the best-performing athlete and the best players," says Cindy Davis, U.S. general manager for Nike Golf. "Starting...
...course, the senior class chose Gates for his giving, rather than his earning. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, both in scope and reach, has revolutionized philanthropy. Yet his conversion is no different from the type of reputation redemption mastered by monopolists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller—neither of whose avarice was dignified with an honorary degree. What has changed...