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...passing of the old Saudi Arabia. Already there is a detectable sense of regret for a lost way of life that can never be recaptured. "If you go to the tribes now," says a Saudi technocrat, "you will find gentlemen Bedouins, like gentlemen farmers, who hire a caretaker for the sheep while they enjoy the luxuries of their new villa." But then he notes with hopeful satisfaction that after Hawaii, after Los Angeles, after Europe, many Saudis are returning to cherish some of the old ways, "to be religious, to be-what shall I say?-humble. The spirit, the core...
...only difference is that Harvard is so big that it does not need to hire another company to run the shuttle buses." Curtis said, adding that in effect the University subcontracts the shuttle service...
...dubious about aspects of the President's plan took to heart Reagan's challenge to come up with a better one. New York City Mayor Edward Koch asserted that the proposals to slash mass transit aid and the food stamp program and eliminate the CETA program to hire the unemployed for public-service jobs "are wrong and must not be implemented." Koch added, however: "I agree that there has to be a reduction in spending. He has thrown down the challenge; it's very reasonable. If we don't like his proposals...
When confronted with this information before a public meeting of the School Committee, Wiley indicated that he had, by letter, previously informed the School Committee that Compass had intended to hire an administrator from the Cambridge School System to protect the school facility. When David Holway, a member of the School Committee, retrieved Wiley's earlier written correspondence, no such intention was stated...
McCreery modestly declines to give a dollars-per-hire recruiting estimate because of "competitive advantage." But even a rough estimate of the figures indicates that they are substantial. Flights to and from New York, three-day stays at the Sheraton Commander, receptions, videotapes, presentations, managers absent from work, and lucrative salaries begin to add up. But to Exxon managers, who regard today's students as the company's future, McCreery's generous recruiting budget is money well spent. "It's very high priority," he says. "We're selling a person on a career and a commitment...