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Even before Commencement 2006, Faust had quietly gained early support from some committee members who admired her deft handling of budget cuts and administrative overhauls as she established a research institute at the site that once housed Radcliffe College. Privately, Houghton praised Faust’s ability to calm concerned Radcliffe alumnae during the transition, according to two individuals who discussed the matter with Houghton last spring. Unlike Summers, who consistently attracted controversy throughout his five years as president, Faust had largely kept a low profile as she rebuilt Radcliffe...
...central role of the library,” Darnton said in an interview this week.As information technology becomes more important for libraries, Darnton will have to deploy tech savvy in addition to his erudition. And in order to enact meaningful change as HUL director, he will need to display deft diplomatic skills as well. The challenge of uniting the Harvard libraries he faces is an administrative as much as a bibliographic one.—Laurence H. M. Holland contributed to the reporting of this story.—Staff writer David Jiang can be reached at djiang@fas.harvard.edu...
...Benedict's supporters say that the world simply isn't adept at digesting a man of such conviction and confidence who, even they would admit, doesn't have the deft diplomatic touch of his predecessor. Particularly in these high-profile speeches, his main objective is to push the intellectual envelope, and prove a point with whatever historical and philosophical means are at his disposal. The Pope's critics, by contrast, warn that Benedict is missing advisers who can help edit his speeches and tell him what he might not want to hear, so he isn't forced...
...this moment—circle campus, delivering platitudinous speeches about arcane bureaucratic details. All the while, the busybody pretend-politicians of the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) and Harvard College Democrats issue tendentiously-phrased press releases on sundry college-related and national issues, hoping to impress future voters with their deft imitation of the duplicitous and evasive officials they aspire one day to replace...
...Admittedly, you might have more fun at The Valet, a deft, daft, totally unbelievable yet somehow totally engaging comedy, in which a rich guy (Daniel Auteuil) tries to fool his wife into believing that his drop-dead, supermodel mistress (Elena Simonsen) is really in love with Fran&ecedil;ois (Gad Elmaleh) a not too smart parking boy at a posh restaurant. It's totally preposterous, but everyone is really rather reasonable, patient and lovable in an idiotic situation. Tales like this used to be known as boulevard comedies and, you have to say, Paris has the boulevards to sustain them...