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...well be in the embryonic stage of a reign that could eclipse that of Queen Victoria—in years, if not significance. Since his ascension to the post in July 2001, Summers has consolidated his status as one of the most powerful men ever to take the helm of the world’s most powerful university. In so doing, he has asserted his influence far beyond the gates of the Yard...
...more than three years at the University’s helm, Summers has emerged as a far more public figure than his predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine. Summers’ speech in Memorial Church, after little more than a year on the job, provoked impassioned responses from friends and critics of Israel alike...
...hijack some mainstream parts of the American ethos and claim them as their own. While some have called the election proof that the American people can be trusted in their decisions, I recall James Madison's words from the Federalist papers, "Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm...
When U.S. Investment Group, led by U.S.-based Ripplewood Holdings, bought the bankrupt Long Term Credit Bank in 2000 and tapped Masamoto Yashiro to run it, he set out to revolutionize the industry. Since taking the helm of the bank--renamed Shinsei, or Rebirth--Yashiro, 75, has presided over one of the most successful turnarounds in Japanese corporate history. With 30 years experience at Exxon and nine more at Citibank, Yashiro has never been a member of Japan's insular financial community. "I don't follow the Japanese way of doing things," he says. Yashiro talks about competition, profitability...
...Santa, I’m not the only one who will be happy if Murphy stays. With captain Ryan Fitzpatrick graduating, either Liam O’Hagan or Chris Pizzotti—both untested freshmen—will take the helm of the Harvard offense. And who better than Murphy, under whose tutelage Fitzpatrick, Neil Rose ’02-’03 and others bloomed into bona fide gunslingers, to teach the next generation of Crimson quarterbacks? Neither they nor any of the offense’s returning starters want to look under their tree Christmas morning...