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...secretary of administration and finance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Kirwan has been responsible for developing the state capital budget and overseeing budgetary activities. In addition, Kirwan helped to implement the nation’s first statewide healthcare program that has aimed at universal coverage, as chair of the Health Connector board of directors...
...with the Commonwealth Games just a year away, the city's bad manners have upset a personage no less than the country's Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, who said on Sept. 22 that Delhiites needed an "attitude makeover" in order to "play good hosts" in 2010. Delhi's Chief Minister, Shiela Dixit, readily agreed and said plans are afoot to teach Delhi folks to be "more caring and sharing." She indicated that a Beijing-style program of civic education, like the one rolled out before last year's Olympics, would be launched soon. It's only the third time...
...sure, bad behavior is not unique to Delhi - it's just worse here. But that's not the image of its national capital that India wants to project to the world. In the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, India has displayed the same touchiness about its self-image as the other rising Asian giant, China. "It's the same case with all Asian cultures," says Joshi. "They want to showcase their modernity to show they've arrived. Take spitting, for instance. In Singapore, China, India ... it's seen as something that belongs to the past and should be left...
...Leslie A. Kirwan ’79 to the post of FAS dean for administration and finance, effective Nov. 2. In an e-mail announcement, Smith prominently referred to Kirwan's "strong background" in financial management, including a two-year stint as secretary of administration and finance for the commonwealth of Massachusetts, as a crucial quality she brings to her post in an FAS now facing a $110 million deficit. As the secretary of administration and finance under Mass. Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78, Kirwan was responsible for developing the state capital budget and overseeing budgetary activities...
...shares the sense of service that so distinguished Senator Kennedy,” Patrick said yesterday during a news conference in Boston. “The interests of the commonwealth have never been more vital or at stake in the Congress today...