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...like those over Associate Professor of Government Bonnie Honig, Harvard Institute for International Development and Harvard's Allston land purchase-seemed out of sight. * And Rudenstine should have more time to devote to his agenda, since the staff of senior administrators Rudenstine relies on to run a complex and far-flung University seems stable for the first time in his presidency. Gone are the year-long quests to fill vacant deanships and vice-presidential posts that have made Rudenstine's presidency seem like one long search committee. * But this year will bring difficulties-both planned and unplanned-as well. * Harvard...
...like those over Associate Professor of Government Bonnie Honig, Harvard Institute for International Development and Harvard's Allston land purchase-seemed out of sight. * And Rudenstine should have more time to devote to his agenda, since the staff of senior administrators Rudenstine relies on to run a complex and far-flung University seems stable for the first time in his presidency. Gone are the year-long quests to fill vacant deanships and vice-presidential posts that have made Rudenstine's presidency seem like one long search committee. * But this year will bring difficulties-both planned and unplanned-as well. * Harvard...
...Fayed, who split his early years between Alexandria and the French Riviera, was reared in a rarefied world of international wealth. He attended Switzerland's tony Le Rosey school and Britain's Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Dodi moved easily among his family's 11 homes, in locations as far-flung as Manhattan, St.-Tropez and Gstaad. He had use of family helicopters and his father's yacht. In recent years he was one of the jet set's most renowned hosts, throwing parties in Beverly Hills populated by such celebrities as Tony Curtis, Farrah Fawcett and Robert Downey...
...creates more and larger storms. And as the warm water spreads into the central and eastern Pacific, these storms inevitably follow in its path, moving the tropical storm belt from one part of the Pacific to another. The rearrangement has reverberations throughout the atmosphere, causing droughts in places as far-flung as northeastern Brazil, southern Africa and Australia, while other regions, from California to Cuba, can be hit by torrential rains. These effects are variable. El Nino may weaken the Indian monsoon--or barely affect...
...phone every time it rings. That was a major problem in the '87 crash. Clients couldn't get through. And not every client who gets through wants to trade. Many just want advice. Merrill Lynch's crisis plan is drawn from the '87 experience. It will depend on its far-flung army of brokers to stay in contact with clients, while management's main task will be to stay in touch with brokers. At the first sign of a meltdown, spokesman Jim Wiggins says, Merrill chairman David Komansky will gather the 13-member management committee in a crisis room...