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...narrow sense simply replacing one conservative with another. Nevertheless, Rehnquist, a shrewd intellect and popular figure on the court, promises to be a much more forceful leader than the plodding, standoffish Burger. "The Rehnquist-Scalia duo is infinitely more dynamic than the conservative wing was with Burger at the helm," says Constitutional Scholar Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School. "I would be extremely surprised if over the next several years the effect is not to push the court to the right considerably...
Those who have always dreamt of Lancelot's glorious chivalry can enroll in Engl S-114, "Knights and Ladies: The Changing Vision of Romance." With Harvard Professor of Celtic Languages and Literature John T. Koch at the helm of the round table, students will discuss medieval romance...
...almost four months later, the New York Times no longer editorializes about Safran and the "serious trouble which arises when the CIA's involvement in scholarly endeavor is kept quiet." Safran, the Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, is slated to give up the Center's helm at the end of the month. But no one connected with the center believes its problems will end with his directorship...
...more pleased with the company's progress than Chairman Roberto Goizueta, 54. Says he: "My job is not to be right. It is to produce results." The Cuban-born executive, trained as a chemist, has generated criticism aplenty since he took the helm in 1980. Some of that controversy began well before he tampered with Merchandise 7X, the secret Coke formula that has been kept under corporate lock and key ever since the soft drink's invention...
...possible, but said the time was not yet right. One recently returned opposition politician described the country as a "rudderless ship drifting from one crisis to the next." Despite the council's positive gestures last week, many Haitians still wonder whether their current leaders should remain at the helm...