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...former director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) officially began his tenure as the University’s fifth provost with a series of high-level administrative meetings in Mass. Hall, Loeb House and Holyoke Center...
...jobs, older workers often see flexibility and free time. Since many are covered by health plans from previous jobs, they are immune to the fears of lost medical benefits. And although older temps may make less money than they did during their careers, their earnings often supplement retirement incomes. High-level executives average six months of work a year with average earnings of $135,000 a year when placed by IMCOR, the Stamford, Conn., placement company that pioneered the interim executive concept...
...have George Bush's ear, but he's having trouble getting access to something almost as sought after: the White House Situation Room. Ridge and his staff at the Office of Homeland Security want to use the Sit Room, located in the basement of the White House, for high-level meetings. But the National Security Council considers the facility its own preserve, for monitoring the counterterrorism war in Afghanistan and elsewhere overseas, and is balking at sharing. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice has already given up some of her turf; she ceded control over the counterterrorism fight inside...
...Senate, under Democratic leadership, unanimously took the opposing view: Only by federalizing security workers and performing high-level background checks, their argument goes, can the government implement truly universal safety standards. Otherwise, you end up with the same private firms employing the same incompetent people who?ve allowed past lapses...
...When Beers was nominated last spring - a lifetime ago - an all-star ad exec looked like just the ticket for a post that has long been a high-level plum akin to an ambassadorship, or a harmless halfway house for political appointees. Beers's predecessor, Evelyn Lieberman, was exiled there after a brave (but fruitless) effort to keep the president and Monica apart in the White House. Post-Sept. 11, with the battle for the Arab street to whom Osama is a hero almost as important as the battle to capture Jalalabad, the job seems to call more...