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...Pope on the weekend. But what might any personal metamorphoses mean for the world? How will Prime Minister Brown deliver the change that has already emerged as the theme and buzzword of his premiership, cropping up 30 times in a speech on Sunday as he formally took the helm of the Labour Party? And into which globe-changing initiatives will his predecessor channel the energies and skills that have done so much to change Britain since he took office 10 years...
...LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault chose Ferre to be the artistic director of Christian Dior, replacing Marc Bohan who had been at the helm of the house for 30 years. Commuting between Milan and Paris, Ferre reinvented the iconic French label?s signatures, including the voluminous floral ballgown, the 1950s-style suit, and the strict evening column - with his own sense of drama and proportion. A private man, Ferre was known for his fantastic sense of humor and his love of travel and architecture...
...relinquished her position this spring after just two years at the helm of the graduate school. “I’m stepping down because I’ve achieved the goals that I set out for myself as GSAS dean,” she said then...
...several of the all-star candidates had unambiguously withdrawn, and many of them decided to throw their weight behind Faust. Sometime in the fall, Gutmann, who had taken the helm of Penn just two years earlier, told the committee in person that she was not interested, according to one of the sources. On a separate trip to Cambridge in early October, she met with Faust, an old friend, over lunch at Upstairs on the Square. Soon after, Gutmann told the committee she supported Faust, the source said...
...Paul J. Zofnass ’69, a member of Harvard’s most elite body of fundraisers, the Committee on University Resources, said that though Bok did not attend many fundraising events, his presence at the helm of the University was reassuring for alumni...