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...Mark Hamill’s acting. It’s forced. It’s overwrought. There’s no Ford swagger. But dammit, I find that inspiring...
...assuming you're really going to keep your mouth shut on this subject?" HENRY KISSINGER, U.S. Secretary of State under Gerald Ford, talking to his staff in 1975 about the U.S. government's prior knowledge of Indonesia's plan to invade East Timor that December, according to newly declassified memos...
That approach doesn't endorse, for example, the generic philanthropy embraced by many corporations--well intentioned though it may be. Advocates of strategic responsibility argue that Ford Motor Co.'s support for the Susan G. Komen breast-cancer fund, for which it has raised $84 million over 11 years, doesn't make much business sense. "There isn't a real clear link, at least in my mind," says Kellie McElhaney, a business professor at the University of California, Berkeley, "between breast cancer and automobiles." After missing out on the early hybrid-car opportunity, which was seized by Toyota and Honda...
...thought it was a very good presentation,” said Council member Arthur Kleinman, who is chair of the department of Anthropology. “This was a report that outlines a number of the key issues.” Three members of the advising committee—Ford Professor of Social Studies and committee chair David Pilbeam, Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris, and Harvard College Professor Stuart M. Shieber—made the presentation. The recommendations were initially presented to the full Faculty in May but were never discussed due to time constraints. The report...
Although big luxury conglomerates have come calling, Dolce and Gabbana have never even considered selling out. They turned away suitors like LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton, and Tom Ford and Domenico De Sole when they were running the Gucci Group. Maintaining total control of the business they founded has, Gabbana says, been essential for their creativity and way of working...