Word: discussive
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...Lunch for Gromyko. Like many another working couple in their realm, Elizabeth and Philip begin their day by listening to the 8 o'clock BBC newscast. Half an hour later, they discuss it over a breakfast of tea, toast and kippers,'and soon they are lost in a cloud of newspapers. Elizabeth pores through three papers each morning, not overlooking the sports pages, and like most women, she shudders slightly when she sees her own picture. Newspictures have seldom done her justice...
...audiences. A foreign ambassador is presenting his credentials. If it is the representative of a friendly power, Elizabeth chats graciously in English, or in serviceable French. If it is Andrei Gromyko, the interview is brief and formal. It may be a recently appointed bishop eager to discuss the problems of his new see, and Elizabeth as head of the church must be interested and informed. It may be a visiting Governor General from one of the Commonwealth nations, come for luncheon with his lady. Gourmet or no, the guest must face the fact that Elizabeth the Queen likes short meals...
...We’re not the wisdom or the decision-makers behind Allston. Our job is to be the facilitators.”Gordon says he faces the challenge of setting a pace for planning that allows all voices to be heard without getting bogged down in discussions.“He brings a lot of momentum to the office,” says Kathy Spiegelman, Harvard’s Chief Allston Planner, of her boss.BUILDING FROM MASSPORT At his previous post at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Gordon overcame challenges to the $4.4 billion renovation of Logan Airport posed...
...result of the paper, Summers declined to comment further. BOK TO BUSINESS In the weeks since his resignation, Summers said he has been in “frequent touch” with incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok, who recently moved into a Loeb House office. Summers declined to discuss the content of those meetings with Bok, but he said the two had discussed a “whole range of issues at the University.” The president, who returned from a week-long trip to India at the end of last month, said he has focused...
...work closely with a proctor and two or three other Fellows to coordinate regular entryway social events, like study breaks and Sunday brunch outings. To one group of freshmen then, a Peer Advising Fellow will be the person with whom they’ll meet regularly to formally discuss academic issues. To another, the Fellow will be a social presence and an informal conduit to student life at Harvard...