Word: directe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Proponents of the case study method say that the system's ability to involve students directly in the discussion and decision-making process is its foremost advantage. Students have the floor in most case discussions and direct their comments and questions towards each other as they work through a real business scenario. Professors remain in the background, instead of lecturing or controlling discussion...
...Crimson articles and the House meeting on Saturday focused on homophobia--not because it was the intrinsically more important issue, but because concern for the privacy of this Mather senior led me and many others in the House to avoid direct reference to the case in public forums. This silence should not be construed in any way as acquiescence to the peculiar deception which has been perpetrated on the Harvard community. And I can no longer maintain that silence...
...been a little more systematic [about direct investment]" than other universities, says Harvard Management Company partner Michael Eisenson, who helps run the University's LBO team...
Eisenson agrees, saying that while limited partnership gave Harvard "access to bigger deals," the new direct investments avoid the "cost attached to limited partnerships," a cost he says amounts to about a 20 percent cut of the profits...
...Sayed Ahmad Gailani, 56, is the most pro-Western and secular of the mujahedin leaders, despite his claim of direct descent from the Prophet Muhammad. Gailani's National Islamic Front is nicknamed the "Gucci Muj" for its leader's taste in well-tailored camouflage uniforms. Though he favors the return of exiled King Zahir Shah, Gailani is also a fervent believer in Western-style elections...