Word: insularity
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...bull-in-a-china-shop style is exactly what Harvard needs. The rhetoric of that argument is powerful, but the logic curious. After all, Summers has repeatedly sandbagged his own agenda by igniting pointless and distracting controversies. In other instances, such as the curricular review, President Summers’ insular leadership has probably made his work less successful rather than more. What, exactly, has Larry Summers done that Neil Rudenstine could not have also accomplished, and without the trauma...
...West Canaan, there is a charmingly insular community of lifelong neighbors. There are green, well-tended lawns incubated by the steam of scorching Texas summers. There are pick-up trucks, convivial barbeques, and white, rustic houses. Framed by dusty roads, they all evoke the calming pastorale of classic Americana...
Robert Scales, a retired Army major general and military historian, believes that the recruitment problem is affecting the Reserves and National Guard first because they reflect the mood of the times more quickly. "The active-duty Army is an insular subculture within the American body politic, a piece of Sparta in the midst of Babylon," says Scales, former head of the U.S. Army War College. He is worried that the shortfall in sign-ups will soon be felt by the regular service. "Those of us who were in Vietnam in 1969 remember all the pronouncements about how good things were...
...revolutionize the industry. Since taking the helm of the bank--renamed Shinsei, or Rebirth--Yashiro, 75, has presided over one of the most successful turnarounds in Japanese corporate history. With 30 years experience at Exxon and nine more at Citibank, Yashiro has never been a member of Japan's insular financial community. "I don't follow the Japanese way of doing things," he says. Yashiro talks about competition, profitability and performance--words rarely heard until recently among Japanese bankers. At Shinsei, Yashiro abolished promotions and raises based on seniority, the rigid classification of employees according to education and the hierarchical...
Opponents of Glazer and Clapp accuse the campaign and council leadership for being “insular and out of touch,” a criticism launched on the website of presidential and vice presidential candidates Tracy “Ty” Moore ’06 and Ian W. Nichols...