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...says that he hopes the younger Morris enjoys a long professional career.) As do most people who strut back and forth around Harvard Yard all day long, lost in a world of classes, clubs and the occasional protest rally. In a place in which athletics lack the on-campus clout of a Notre Dame, Michigan or even Stanford, Morris’ name carries a level of campus-wide recognition...
Businesses need to be involved in the push for universal preschool to bring clout to the movement and to advocate for “all the powerless children who can’t vote and can’t write campaign checks,” said panelist Margaret Blood, director of the Massachusetts Early Education for All campaign...
...acknowledges the West Wing mystique, where crowded proximity and intellectual competition help form the creative forces at the heart of American political society. But it baffles him why offices in the Eisenhower Old Executive Office Building, only 50 yds. away from the West Wing, don't carry the same clout. "Don't ask me," says Kissinger, "to explain what happens on that five-minute walk from the EOB to the West Wing. But something does...
...launch. Now, Sendo will develop a new phone that uses open-source software from Finland's Nokia, which makes customizing phones for specific operators easier. In other words, Europe's courts aren't the only ones that can pressure Microsoft to open up - the firm's own clients have clout too, and they may be the most persuasive. BEVERAGES Muslims Sip The 'Real Thing' as soft-drink marketing goes, it's a bit more inflammatory than "the real thing." "Each time someone buys a Mecca-Cola," says the entrepreneur who has taken orders for 1.5 million bottles of the drink...
...does Aa Gym pretend that he doesn't already wield serious clout. "I could push 100,000 people from the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta (where he preaches once a month) to the U.S. embassy. It would take 10 minutes to walk, and it would be very difficult for the police to stop them. With God's will I could use that power. But I won't. My program is for Indonesians to control themselves, to not be emotional. If we are emotional we have problems...