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...looking for at the moment," says Eyal Zisser, head of the Middle East History Department at Tel Aviv University. The IDF would undoubtedly win, he says. But badly needed resources and attention would be diverted from the battle with Hizballah in southern Lebanon. Israelis don't want to embark on a regime-change experiment when the most likely replacement at this point is an Islamic theocracy...
...family business under his grandfather's watch. "I saw him here, or maybe on the boat," he said. "I would ask questions, and he always responded." Not yet 20, it was clear that he had a deep drive for business. Between his university exams, Elkann would forego vacations to embark on internships within the company's holdings - at a Birmingham headlight plant, a Lille Fiat dealership, a Krakow assembly line. "It was a gradual process of being tested and wanting to be tested," Elkann recalled. "[Agnelli] saw that I was committed to the work. He believed you should do what...
...decline in international enrollment, Worth has been instrumental in increasing the College’s international enrollment. In 2005 alone, Worth helped increase the College’s international-student population by 6.6 percent.JUGGLING COMMITMENTSIn 1977, Worth graduated from the largest public high school in Texas ready to embark on her long Harvard career. She was already a pioneer—fewer than one percent of her graduating class went to college outside of Texas—and she was the first person from her school to apply to an Ivy League institution, she says.That fall, Worth arrived...
...fulfill our dreams, we must overcome the Red Carpet Syndrome. The sooner we do so, the sooner we can embark on the path less traveled. As long as we have the Syndrome we will be limited to the safer paths. We will work for companies that do roll out the red carpet for us, but we will never take a risk for the things we really want...
...aboard a ship bound for North America...As always, Larson recounts a fascinating and largely forgotten chapter from history with a novelistic attention to narrative, unforgettable characters, and the evocative details of a bygone time." The author will be signing a lot more books, as he is set to embark on an ambitious 14-city tour...