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Last Tuesday’s speech on anti-Semitism and Sunday night’s showing of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off may seem to have nothing to do with one another, but both contrast favorably with the distant and aloof tenure of Summers’ predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine. As president of Harvard, Rudenstine was well-known for increasing the university’s endowment. That’s it. His presence at the freshman barbecue in the fall of 2000 served only to highlight his complete absence from campus life throughout the rest of that year...
...Okla. But he did not count pennies for long. At 29 he became the youngest top executive in company history, and now Turner, 37, has been assigned to turn around Sam's Club, Wal-Mart's lagging membership-warehouse chain. Sam's profits rose just 3% last quarter, in contrast to 17% at Wal-Mart's main discount stores...
...tunnel syndrome, do you go for surgery or stick to the support of less-invasive wrist splints? Go for the knife, suggests a study of 176 patients, half of whom underwent surgery and half of whom wore splints. After three months, 80% of the surgery group showed improvement, in contrast to 54% of those who wore splints. After 18 months, 90% of the surgery patients had improved--and 41% of the others had opted for the operation...
...contrast, with the exception of Soriano, Rose had very little work with the new line, since he spent the spring at home in Hawaii and injuries prevented him from practicing much of the pre-season. Sure, the linemen had worked together with the backups, but it was reasonable to assume that, at least in its first game, there might be a plethora of false starts or holding penalties. Instead, there was only one such penalty...
...contrast to organizations that choose their leadership through open elections, there are also those that guard their rituals and processes jealously...