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...Meanwhile, former highflyers have been falling from grace, signaling to some that Malaysia's crony system was on the way out. Halim Saad of Renong and Tajudin Ramli, who piloted the national carrier Malaysia Airlines to record losses during his eight-year tenancy as CEO, have been replaced by professional managers. In January, the new management of Malaysia Airlines filed a police report alleging irregularities in the management of the airline's cargo division during Tajudin's tenure. Police are remaining tight-lipped about the continuing investigation, but according to local press reports they have to date interviewed a dozen...
...Grace Anderson-Smith, 22, is seeing his point. After graduating with a B.A. in economics from Wesleyan in May 2001, she has yet to find permanent work but is holding out hope that she won't have to settle for a dead-end job. She is still campaigning hard for something in marketing but is open to other options. "I've done everything you're supposed to do," she says. "I went to a good school, got good grades, played a sport, did a four-year internship and have been networking like crazy." After sending out more than 100 resumes...
...that two people facing the same circumstances can react so differently? Why are some folks buffeted by the vicissitudes of life while others glide through them with grace and calm? Are some of us just born more nervous than others? And if you're one of them, is there anything you can do about...
...stressed to me the importance of Harvard College, an institution he loved at the very center of this University,” Summers said. “I saw immediately that this was a man of immense inner strength...dignity, wisdom and grace...
...There is a special nobility, a special grace, to those who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for our country,” Summers said. He echoed these sentiments in a Veterans’ Day letter to Harvard cadets and midshipmen...