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...become investors by pursuing long-term goals and undervalued securities. He taught us that in order to find the best investment opportunities, you must open your mind to all possibilities around the world. More important, he showed us that if you want to be successful in any endeavor, particularly investing, you need to keep an open mind and be willing to learn. His investment career spanned five decades, but his lifelong devotion was to spiritual concerns and philanthropy. While Sir John was famous as a financial-industry legend and visionary, we knew him as a man of strong principles...
...Park, for example, might be living in a nearby subway station and dining on garbage left on the sidewalk by a grocery store or restaurant. Getting rid of that rat population would require collaboration between the three city agencies that govern the subway, the park and the sidewalks - an endeavor that has gotten easier since the mayor's office set up the Rodent Task Force, which meets weekly to coordinate work...
...making cutbacks.While the decline of print journalism is an unfortunate development, it is also an inevitable one. The Internet has pulled subscription and advertising dollars out from under newspapers, and free services like Craigslist have replaced previously profitable classified ads. Fighting to preserve current print circulations is a futile endeavor. However, there is a place for journalism online. If newspapers can develop a new online business model and adapt their content to the new requirements of the Web, they can and will thrive.Newspapers’ success online is dependant on their ability to make Internet content profitable...
...previous attempt at changing the calendar had failed under Bok’s first term as University president in 1974. Nicholas Lemann ’76, president of The Harvard Crimson in 1975 and current dean of Columbia’s School of Journalism, who reported on that failed endeavor, said it was “a trial balloon that got floated for a minute and never went anywhere...
...leadership in this country and internationally.” Of the 24 selected leaders, three are former Harvard students: energy pioneer Amory B. Lovins ’68; prominent economist Jeffrey D. Sachs ’76; and Linda D. Rottenberg ’90, CEO of the nonprofit Endeavor. Rottenberg said she was thrilled with the honor. She described the other leaders as “people who have inspired me” and called the selection, “truly a privilege.” She went on to say that Harvard played a key role...