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...Psychology: “I resolved to make only one resolution. And I also resolved to lose 5 pounds.” N. Gregory Mankiw, Beren Professor of Economics: “I resolve to stop responding to queries from The Crimson. (Oops...already broken.)” Howard Georgi ’67, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics: “I am afraid that my New Year’s resolution is just to make it through February! But more seriously, I have to keep reminding myself to stay positive and look for opportunities even in the difficult economic...
...move in a little early so their daughters could start school on Jan. 5, the President-elect and his wife were told they had to wait their turn. ('SORRY, WE'RE BOOKED,' WHITE HOUSE TELLS OBAMA was the New York Times headline.) Apparently Australia's former Prime Minister, John Howard, had already had dibs...
...hard stares at Britain's institutions - the Church of England in Racing Demon, the tabloid press in Pravda - are so well-researched that his critics have sniffed that he's a better journalist than playwright. Before the opening night of Pravda, a 1985 collaboration with provocative British playwright Howard Brenton about a Rupert Murdoch-like press baron, the show's producers were so nervous about the similarities that they consulted a libel lawyer. In Obedience, Struggle and Revolt, a 2005 collection of his lectures, Hare recalls the lawyer's response: "Your play portrays a megalomaniac psychopath who drags his newspapers...
...Hanks was not sticking to the script. Called up to the stage by Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer during the keynote speech on the opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show Thursday morning, Hanks exsanguinated the hand that...
...Leon knows when to be aggressive and conciliatory, how to pick off members, isolate them, close a deal. He knows where to settle, when, and all the intermediate judgments." - Howard Paster, former White House legislative liaison, New Yorker, July...