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...development economist. Besides encouraging students to look for summer opportunities in “action research,” Mullainathan also encouraged students to take a more active approach to their term papers and theses by “going out into the world and collect[ing] real data.” Action research refers to the use of clinical trial methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of programs in the field. Action research studies also focus on tailoring programs to better reflect the local culture. For example, in rural India, where income is determined by crop and animal breeding cycles...
...time at HLS. “I am particularly proud of the way we’ve re-engaged the alumni, making them active partners in the life of the Law School,” he said. Law School Dean Elena Kagan credited Nichols with “rais[ing] more funds than any single person in legal education,” and said that his work has allowed the Law School to carry out many of its recent initiatives, such as increasing financial aid and funding faculty research initiatives. “He leaves the Law School in terrific...
...guts and soul - and even then not be assured of success." Almost everything about his plan is a gamble. Waiting until 2009 for full results means that the market may be dominated by "disappointing business news that Ghosn himself has warned of," says Christophe Laborde, auto-industry analyst for ING in Paris. That could undermine Renault's share price, Laborde continues, and force Ghosn to respond with wider job cuts such as rivals have made. Meanwhile, Philippe Martinez, head of the automotive sector at the General Confederation of Labor, is pleased that the plan has avoided firings. But he would...
...that the Vice President of the United States had accidentally shot a man and was refusing to talk about what had happened. It was clear to those who talked to Cheney that he was truly dismayed. "If this were happening to someone else, he'd be ho-ho-ho-ing about the feeding frenzy," said a former Cheney aide. "But he has caused the feeding frenzy here." Whatever Cheney's reasons, his reticence was frustrating the President, said an official involved in deliberations between the two. Yet even now, Bush made a very soft sell to the partner to whom...
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