Word: cincinnatus
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...revolution's most militant violent and radical peak, Mousavi stood by Khomeini, never questioning his decisions. It was an office under Mousavi that coordinated a series of attacks against the U.S. in Lebanon, including an attack on the U.S. embassy. And when Khomeini died, Mousavi played an Iranian Cincinnatus, retreating from politics and living as a common man. When Khamenei tried to impugn Mousavi's revolutionary credentials after the demonstrations started, insinuating that he answers to foreign powers, Iranians put absolutely no credence in it. (See pictures of Mousavi behind the scenes...
...wrote. “What they can control is how they prepare themselves—intellectually, morally, and socially—for leadership.” It was a refreshing perspective. That’s how I wanted to envision my president—like Cincinnatus, who took leadership of Rome during a crisis and then quietly returned to his plow. Caleb was certainly preparing himself for leadership (“I love America,” he told me. “I love issues”) and maybe that was enough. I asked Carl Cannon whether he thought...
...Core reform) and a rigid timetable. Paradoxically, in order to preserve the Republic’s freedom, the republican principles of plural collegiality and responsibility needed to be abandoned. By most accounts, the system succeeded in saving the Republic from external invaders and internal rebellions alike. According to legend, Cincinnatus was plowing his field when called to dictatorship, an activity that he blissfully resumed after having saved the Republic. In view of our current bureaucratic standstill, I venture that this is the path Harvard should take. Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles shrewdly provided a precedent when...
...longer hours, with greater integrity, to help get Harvard back on its feet,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail.And Kirby, Knowles’ successor and predecessor, called the next dean “an excellent choice.”For his part, Knowles on Monday expressed a Cincinnatus-like attitude to Bok’s selection.“It didn’t escape my notice that I might be vulnerable to an approach, so of course I assembled self-interested arguments against that,” Knowles said. “It’s hard...
...part, Knowles on Monday expressed a Cincinnatus-like attitude to Bok’s selection...