Word: columnists
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...It’s very difficult to get a liquidation measure passed by shareholders, if only because management lobbies strenuously against it,” John Waggoner, a financial columnist for USA TODAY who has studied Harvard’s investments in closed-end funds, writes in an e-mail. Waggoner notes, however, that shareholder activism, even if unsuccessful, can prod management to take action to boost a fund’s share price...
...York Times columnist David Brooks, who made a name for himself by pillorying the “liberal elite” on behalf of average Americans, does a great job looking at the middle class and seeing whatever he wants to see. In a wrap-up piece on the 2004 election, Brooks claims that 19 percent of wealthy voters can be classified in the liberal elite, while a mere 11 percent are “business-class conservatives.” I’m not sure how Brooks came up with this statistic, but, at best, it is horribly...
...Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen, who argued it was premature in light of the city's still ravaged and polluted state. Nagin in turn rebuked Allen for acting like "the federal mayor of New Orleans." ("We've since buried the hatchet," Nagin insists.) But, writes New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Stephanie Grace, the fracas arose chiefly because "Nagin didn't line up the support he needed before opening his mouth, and he didn't take care of the specifics...
...cage surrounding the ring was intended to keep the audiences from jumping in as much as to keep the fighters from falling out. "Violence for the sake of violence," says Phil Mushnick, a sports columnist for the New York Post. "I understand that not everything necessarily has to have a redeeming social value. It can have no value. But this kind of stuff has negative value...
...person can make a difference." My awakening came weeks after 9/11 when I examined my purpose in life. Today I am a consultant for children with learning disabilities. Every woman should believe that she can make a difference by herself. Kathleen McClaskey Amherst, New Hampshire, U.S. In your report, columnist and life coach Jane Glenn Haas advised midlife women to put themselves first. Haas writes that "it's O.K. to have a facial, travel by yourself or have a relationship without a wedding ring." Although it's very healthy to take good care of yourself, selfishness can lead to unhappiness...