Word: directoral
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...theory goes, they wanted to make an example of East Timor. Others argued that regional commanders intended to defy Jakarta and reduce East Timor to a state of anarchy to cancel out entirely the result of the referendum. "The military feels insulted," says Harry Tjan Silalahi, a think-tank director in Jakarta. "Some may want to restore order, but those in the field have a much different purpose." In all likelihood, each of these explanations added a sliver of sick truth to East Timor's fate...
...collapse. Ivory poachers were killing hundreds of elephants annually, and staff morale was miserable. Leakey sacked corrupt rangers, brought in millions of dollars from international donors and helped enforce a ban on the ivory trade. "He has an ability to wake people up," says Joe Kioko, a deputy director at the Wildlife Service who has worked in Kenya's national parks for 31 years. "If you're good and get results, he'll give you all the support you need. But if you're useless, there's no room for you. He can't stand useless people...
...When a phone call comes in from a Harvard student, a Harvard graduate will be more likely to take the extra five minutes," says Gregory S. Gottlieb, a consultant and recruiting director at Boston Consulting Group who attended Stanford as an undergraduate and the Wharton School of Business...
...individual merits that count, not the network," says D. Ronald Daniel, treasurer of the University and former managing director of McKinsey & Co. consultants. "Who you know is not nearly as important...
...Whatever loyalty I feel with the College has nothing to do with those kinds of judgements," says Elliot R. Cutler '68, who was associate director of the Office of Management and Budget. "They are likely to be smart. If they went to Harvard there's a bit of an edge...