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...percent. Harvard Business School had the highest rate, with nearly 41 percent (42 out of 103) of eligible staff members accepting the buyout.University spokesman Kevin Galvin declined to characterize the results of the program in any way, saying that the participation rate speaks for itself. He also declined to comment on the costs or savings achieved by the program, but noted that it was primarily funded through assets set aside for the University's defined-benefit pension plan.Harvard's financial report for fiscal year 2008 showed an apparent surplus of nearly $300 million in the University's pension-plan assets...
Fleming's lawyer, Paul R. Mastrocola of Burns & Levinson LLP, said that the professor "looks forward to addressing these allegations in court." He and Fleming both declined to comment on the specifics of the incident and court proceedings due to the pending criminal charges, but Mastrocola added that they are confident the professor will be vindicated. He did confirm that the dispute took place on a Cambridge public street...
University spokesman John D. Longbrake referred questions about University censure for the professor to the Business School, and James E. Aisner '68, a spokesman for HBS, declined to comment on the incident...
...grab bag: the sea of rapturous pink-faced men in suits at last year's Republican Convention, the noxious fumes emitted by Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin speaking of her gay friend's "choice," the endless seven minutes of Bush sitting still during the onset of 9/11, pretty much any comment from Dick Cheney. When Obama was elected, many of the millions who voted for him wept from a mixture of deep relief and optimism - only to be mocked afterward by Republican pundits, who would begrudge Obama anything. When will they get it? As the Democrats remain in the ascendancy...
...fear shared by many here. Pro-democracy groups see Beijing's not-so-invisible hand tightening its grip on the city. In the run-up to the anniversary, two Tiananmen-era dissidents, Xiang Xiaoji and Yang Jianli, were turned away at Hong Kong's airport. The city won't comment, but it denied charges that it kept an immigration blacklist at the behest of Beijing. The incident sparked outrage nonetheless, with critics accusing Hong Kong officials of kowtowing to mainland authorities ahead of the politically sensitive anniversary. (See pictures of Hong Kong...