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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what Resnick is demanding. I suspect this is partly because his argument is composed largely of the platitudes of corporate consulting, such as "asking more and demanding less." It seems clear, however, than anyone who can write, without apparent irony, that Harvard should be "a 'Nordstrom's' of the higher education industry" has a gross misconception of the purpose of universities...

Author: By John T. Maier, | Title: Letters | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...what Resnick is demanding. I suspect this is partly because his argument is composed largely of the platitudes of corporate consulting, such as "asking more and demanding less." It seems clear, however, than anyone who can write, without apparent irony, that Harvard should be "a 'Nordstrom's' of the higher education industry" has a gross misconception of the purpose of universities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters to the Editor | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...rare undergraduate who truly cares about the powers that run this colossus of higher education. Stiff-necked bureaucratic types, after all, have little to say about whether you have a keg party in the Yard or spend your Saturday nights doing homework...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Variety of Administrators Shape Life at Harvard | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...they haven't faced before. Rising interest rates are a big deal. The 30-year Treasury-bond yield popped over 6% last week, its highest level in more than a year, and could well stay there. Speculative stocks (and Internet defines the category) tend to get hard hit when higher rates threaten to slow the economy and the market. There are also basic questions about Internet bellwethers, including AOL (Will AT&T shut it out of cable access?) and Amazon (Can it reverse slowing revenue growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Internet IPOs: What Goes Up... | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...cancer than nonsmokers. Men who smoked five or more cigars a day had a 620% greater risk of throat and oral cancers and a 220% greater risk of lung cancer than nonsmokers. If they also drank more than three alcoholic drinks a day, their cancer risk shot up even higher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Cigars Safe? | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

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