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When he returned to the job last fall, however, he assumed much greater power. Miami voters had approved a "strong-mayor" charter in September, sold on the idea that it would be a tonic for the city's fiscal troubles and chronic corruption. Rather than being just another commissioner, the mayor has broad-ranging authority, including the veto...
...September, Alan J. Kuo '85, who suffered from chronic myelogenous leukemia, was told by his doctors that unless he found a bone marrow donor, he had only one month to live...
When Kuo was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in 1995, his being able to talk of the future seemed chimeric...
...management--that's me--believes the days of wholesale downsizing are fast approaching an end for leading-edge companies like North Pole, Inc. At least for the next few years, our plan is to pursue profits the old-fashioned way: ship out more toys, not jobs. I've watched chronic cost cutting hamper production at the likes of Boeing and Union Pacific, and I will not allow our ranks to thin so far that we lose business to Toys "R" Us simply because we don't have the elf-power to stitch up enough Beanie Babies by Christmas...
...they let publicists write history?" Henry demanded loudly of no one in particular. He shook his head at the chronic inability of the industry to get it right. Once again, fictional characters were being served up as actual historic figures. Theodore Joadson, the movie's heroic black abolitionist, never drew a breath, yet the DreamWorks worksheet challenged students to analyze his relationship with the conspicuously nonfictional John Quincy Adams. Moreover, the study guide was laced with inspirational Adams "quotations," all of them made up by DreamWorks screenwriters. And then there were the follow-up activities in the learning kit, including...