Word: helming
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...first year at the helm, the former Treasury secretary clashed with one of the stars of Harvard’s African and African American Studies Department, Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West...
...Besides, when Donato was named to the helm of the men’s hockey program in July 2004, naysayers were quick to point out his lack of credentials. Not a second of coaching experience, they warned. Eight months later, Donato marched his team straight into the NCAA tournament—the same tournament that named him MVP when the Crimson...
...strong, can stand alone in the world without friends and without allies,” Lawrence H. Summers told the Chicago Economic Club in October 2003.Could the same be said of a University president?At the most vulnerable juncture of his half-decade at Harvard’s helm, Summers now faces a fuming Faculty with few vocal supporters by his side.And many of his longtime allies are expressing disaffection with what they see as the president’s ineffective leadership.“If he’s going to be like every other college president?...
...upshot is that Summers has had more opportunities to shape—and reshape—the University’s administration in his first half-decade than his recent predecessors have.There are two general schools of thought regarding the high number of recent vacancies at the helm of Harvard’s faculties.“The knee-jerk answer is that this adds to [Summers’] power because it gives him a greater hand in the running of Harvard’s schools,” said Richard Bradley, author of the book “Harvard...
...celebrating the hardship that many Palestinian families will face. We acknowledge the difficult choice that Palestinians faced at the polls, but we cannot accept, on a categorical basis, that our own tax dollars be given to any authority that promotes terrorism.Hamas’ democratic ascent to the helm of the Palestinian Authority highlights an underlying tension in U.S. policy of promoting democracy abroad. It is important to recognize, however, that supporting the democratic process does not necessarily entail supporting its outcomes. One can uphold the right of the Palestinian people to elect their government while disapproving of the unsettling...