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Graham's colleagues are quick to cite her accomplishments, which include: strengthening the school's senior faculty by securing the tenure of nine professors, including Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, Carol Gilligan and Howard E. Gardner...
DURING THE OIL SHOCK of the late 1970s, then-Secretary of Energy James Schlesinger suggested that Jimmy Carter cite William James in an appeal to the American people. In a famous speech penned by former Crimson president James M. Fallows '70, Carter asked for a "moral equivalent of war" in response to the energy crisis. The idea was sound, but, unfortunately, no one could figure out what Carter was talking about...
More than any other single factor, business leaders cite the uncertainty of the war as the nemesis of economic recovery. Not knowing what they face, people put off major commitments. "You tend to freeze hiring levels and postpone any major decisions on new technology," says John Ettlie, director of the Office of Manufacturing Management Research at the University of Michigan. The paralysis has spread beyond the U.S., since the gulf crisis has boosted oil prices and interest rates around the globe. French Prime Minister Michel Rocard has cited a "tendency toward inertia that is gaining ground in the face...
Marry doesn't attribute everything he knows about squash to his sister. But he does cite her as his top reason for attending Harvard...
...authors also cite Saddam's turbulent childhood and violent rise to power as possible reasons for his current behavior. Mylroie claims that Saddam's favorite movie is The Godfather because it mirrors his own upbringing. He too came from a peasant background and entered the world of crime through family connections. In the chapters on his personal history, the book details all the people whom Saddam personally has killed, his role in coup attempts and his job as a torturer in the early 1960s...