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...dearly like to see more business leaders like Arnault. Born in Roubaix, in northern France, he graduated from Paris' elite Ecole Polytechnique with a degree in engineering. Perhaps because of their rigid educational system, the French tend to produce civil servants and middle managers, but entrepreneurial brains who would enliven the business climate are few. The success of Arnault, who spent three years working on real estate deals in Florida during the Socialist reign of Francois Mitterrand, has stirred up resentment and distrust among his peers...
...Well, DeLay did enliven the debate in the House last week by shoving David Obey, simply because Obey produced a newspaper story about DeLay inviting lobbyists into his office to write legislation," I said. "Maybe if he got elected Speaker of the House, he'd learn karate...
...knowledge of this community and its resources for undergraduates is unsurpassed, and all of us on the staff value deeply his perspective and his judgment," she continued. "So, too, we value his wry humor and the literary allusions which enliven the Yard Bulletin and FDO meetings, and which keep us all in focus during our busiest times of the year...
When alcohol is used responsibly it can enliven many a social event. Underage drinking in an inevitable phenomenon on almost all American college campuses, and Harvard lacks the power to prevent it entirely. While the University cannot communicate such a message, we would like to urge students to exercise moderation and good judgement in their use of this potentially dangerous substance...
...diaries began as a dare. As a 17-year-old high school sophomore in his hometown of Kewanee, Illinois, Ellis tried to enliven a cold, dull winter by proposing a contest to see which student could keep a diary the longest. One friend stopped after two weeks, another after three months. Ellis, like the Energizer Bunny, kept on going. And going...