Word: confrontational
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...Whatever one thought of the Summers era and its ending, those who love Harvard are grateful to interim President Derek C. Bok for his calm, steady, and productive stewardship. Now that the Faust era will shortly begin, it is timely to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that confront our new president. As a student of leadership, who has had the opportunity to observe universities, and especially Harvard, over the decades, I would like to offer my thoughts from three, increasingly focused perspectives...
...would play a different role," says Indyk."The Saudis had started off with a very hard line against Hamas but that policy shifted at the beginning of January. In a sense Abu Mazen, the Saudis and the Egyptians reached the decision it was better to cohabit with Hamas than confront them. They decided to step back from the brink and to make a variety of concessions...
...Shipman was planning to fly into Orlando late Sunday, and apparently Nowak decided to confront her there and embarked on the long drive from Houston to Florida with the alleged cache of weapons and now much snickered-about diaper. Wearing a dark wig, glasses and a trench coat, police said, she was waiting when Shipman's flight landed after 1 a.m. on Monday, and followed her to the parking lot. After Shipman got into her car and closed the door, Nowak supposedly appeared at the window, pleading for a ride or the use of a cell phone...
...between the minor transgressions of a boy and the major evils of a monster. Perhaps in the face of such inexplicable evil, one can only laugh.Perhaps. But these are easy non-answers to difficult questions, and one would expect more from Mailer. At the very least, the courage to confront those questions directly.—Staff writer Patrick R. Chesnut can be reached at pchesnut@fas.harvard.edu...
Though students will not be presenting their case before the Supreme Court, the clinics will allow participants to get a feel for the dilemmas that lawyers confront and hone their legal researching and writing skills, Dealy said...