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...backed up by research, will be an albatross around your neck forever. If you must say anything—and you shouldn’t have to, because that’s what the Faculty is here for—it should be to show contrition to anyone who demands an apology.3) Coddle the Right People.Women, African-Americans, and other disadvantaged minority groups demand your special attention. You must never criticize their special departments.Some professors have weaker constitutions than others, and you must therefore treat people differently. This difference consists in giving these minorities special deference, bigger budgets, and more...
...other lite private universities, only more so, Harvard, having started as a tiny colonial school for ministers, has become enormous and rich. It is renowned all over the world. It isn't exactly a business, but if it were, its ability to raise its prices and see demand consistently increase would be remarkable. General Motors would love to have Harvard's magic brand identity and inexhaustible customer loyalty...
...Ralph Furley on Three's Company; in Los Angeles. Barney Fife was a tiny ensemble part until Knotts turned it into something grander, winning five Emmys in the process. A bid for family-film stardom in vehicles like The Incredible Mr. Limpet fell short, but Knotts was consistently in demand for character roles on sitcoms and in films, most recently lending his voice to Disney's Chicken Little.V...
...curse as a blessing. You have to do something with the stuff you've stolen, and if you've stolen a lot of it, your problems multiply. More people know there is hot money or goods around, so security is compromised, and that gives fences the chance to demand a larger cut for laundering cash. Then the authorities offer a bigger than usual reward--in the Securitas case, $3.5 million, enough to turn the heads of many villains, or villains' wives. Most dangerously, you have to physically shift the stolen goods--and the Tonbridge robbers had a lot of baggage...
...spring, Aaron J. Mowery ’08 and John M. Souther ’07 created the iconic t-shirts, which scream “Viva El Presidente Summers.” And they are now reaping the benefits of renewed interest in their design. “Demand has been skyrocketing,” Mowery said. “We can’t keep up with it.” All 250 shirts manufactured last spring have now sold out, and the recently-ordered shipment of 50 more shirts has been claimed already. Interest peaked after...