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...role, Herschbach will complement newly appointed Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris’s role. She will be in charge of “planning, strategic management, and coordination of services supporting the undergraduate experience,” according to an announcement...
...think people will see that I'm not afraid to have folks around me who complement my strengths and who are independent. I'm not a believer in a government of yes-men. I think one of the failures of the early Bush Administration was being surrounded by people who were unwilling to deliver bad news, or who were prone to simply feed the President information that confirmed his own preconceptions...
...know better. On a recent United flight I took from Denver to New York City, a veteran cabin crew were turned into seething sky sherpas because United had lopped off one attendant from their complement, and the plane was chock full. Stuff was stuffed everywhere because no one wanted to fork over United's $15 fee for a bag. "See you in about 35 minutes," said one flight attendant as she rolled the beverage cart toward the front. Upon her return, a guy in front of me complained about the slow service, and she snarled right back at him. Like...
...problems like AIDS, poverty and education - only if governments and nonprofits do their part by giving more aid and more effective aid. But the improvements will happen faster and last longer if we can channel market forces, including innovation that's tailored to the needs of the poorest, to complement what governments and nonprofits do. We need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today...
...often callous attitude of the Corporation toward students. The fast is reminder that other universities (most recently the University of Michigan), as well as the State of Massachusetts, have altered their investment portfolios and with drawn their support for apartheid without experiencing financial disaster. Fasting also represents fine complement to the alternative gift fund recently started by members of the senior class, a sum to be held in escrow until the University divests. More importantly, however, the students (and Professor of Biology Richard Lewontin, who has joined them) have stated the issue as the ethical question it truly...