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...will Rummy's gambit pay off? Missile-shield backers criticized the Clinton Administration for lacking the political will to construct such a system. Their tone suggested that the project could be accomplished simply by ponying up the money and jawboning U.S. allies into accepting the inevitable. But the reality is that there is no shield at the ready. And because so many of the challenges associated with missile defense are technological--and may require years of trial-and-error development--simply pouring billions into such programs won't ensure success anytime soon...
...Rudenstine’s unprecedented success with the Capital Campaign allowed him to implement his vision for Harvard on a more tangible level. Rudenstine embarked on an attempt to expand and develop the campus—to truly construct a University...
...initiative places each first-year in a college of approximately 80 students, with whom they will share their introductory courses and common faculty. (Formerly, first-years were in sections with 140 students.) By slashing the size of classes and hiring 15 new professors, HLS should be able to construct a more intimate, interactive environment that fosters mentoring relationships between students and faculty. Additionally, the master of each college will teach a first-year course, further strengthening administrative ties to first-years...
...Dumas’s less interesting drawings, shredded or otherwise mangled in an effort to depict the agony and alienation of being ugly in a world obsessed with superficial beauty. One gets the clear sense from Dumas’s work that in addition to being a cultural construct, female beauty is also a very loaded and emotional concept...
...control. While the Administration worked to construct a diplomatic solution, it was also careful to stage-manage how it all looked from the outside, how it would play in the big daily papers and on the evening news. The projected image: Bush at the helm but smartly hands-off, setting the tone but letting his team of professionals do their job. CEO-style corporate diplomacy--smooth, unhurried, competent, straight down from the top. And no leaks about big decisions by anyone but the boss. Thursday Bush was eating his regular lunch with Vice President Dick Cheney--the Veep eating salad...