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...Public interest has skyrocketed in recent years," says Robert A. Stavins, an environmental expert at the Kennedy School of Government. "A substantial number of Americans now list the environment as their number-one concern, whereas before it would be second or third or even further down the list...
...expert on foreign policy and "nuclear ethics," is currently working on a novel. It seems that the scholar found the rules of academic writing a bit confining...
Stephen Meyer, a Soviet expert at M.I.T., says flatly that the Soviet armed forces are "not capable of a coup." What is possible, he and other analysts suggest, is that the military might one day support a power shift in the Kremlin organized by civilians. It might then step in to support either a new, tougher defense policy forced from Gorbachev or a promising candidate to replace him. But first, says Meyer, the generals would have to "find a patron," because no such alternative is in sight...
...from rising to the top ranks in corporate America. To the extent that U.S. executives often equate leadership with assertiveness, Asians' traditional reticence and self- effacement have proved detrimental to corporate advancement. "We mind our own business and keep our noses to the grindstone," says David Lam, head of Expert Edge Technology in Palo Alto, Calif. "Doing a good job has turned into a bad thing." Now that Asians see themselves as players, they want to be part of the corporate game. Says Harry Kitano, professor of social welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles: "Twenty or 30 years...
These posts are currently held by Berkman Professor of Economics Andreu Mas-Colell and Professor of Government Joseph S. Nye, who are the associate deans for affirmative action and international affairs, respectively. Nye, a well-known expert on international security, has been pegged as an obvious candidate to succeed Spence...