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...million of annual profit--a figure that swelled to $11 billion by last year. While building AIG in the 1970s and '80s, Greenberg often was the only foreigner in sight in politically combustible countries like Romania, Iran, Vietnam and other parts of the Far East, and would draw a curious crowd just crossing the street...
...Tuesday, March 15, the national spotlight turned to Harvard once again. The meeting had been moved to an even larger venue, the Loeb Drama Center, and by the time Summers arrived, the intersection of Brattle Street and Appian Way was teeming with journalists, protesters, and curious onlookers...
...think what I’ve done in my career has had a lot to do what I did at Harvard,” Lithgow says. “I think it made me a curious person and put me in the bait of learning...
...phone was ringing constantly at the desk of James R. Houghton ’58, senior fellow of the Corporation, as news of Summers’ remarks first emerged, recalled an employee in Houghton’s office who refused to give his name. Harvard insiders were surely curious to gauge Houghton’s reaction to the faculty uproar, which was then only beginning to gain momentum. Would he lead the Corporation in defense of the besieged president...
...Whatever it is, I’ve come to appreciate the place of the Yard in Harvard’s mythos. Combining secluded tranquility with a sense of openness and accessibility, the Yard aptly signifies the central paradox of the public-minded university. If ivy-covered walls forbid the curious from peeking in on the cloistered life of the academy, open gates and sumptuous lawns beckon with a spirit of public generosity...