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...said that Kidd will be strongly missed in the Student Life and Activities Office, noting that she strikes the perfect balance between humor and pragmatism. “She’s very strong and doesn’t get pushed around and has the students’ best interest at heart,” said Program Coordinator for Student Events and Activities Haining Gouinlock ’07, who has worked with Kidd both professionally and on committees as a student. Kidd first came to Harvard in 1996 to serve as Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director...
...After researching more than 750 major business failures in great depth, we came to the conclusion that humans are wired for poor decision-making," says Chunka Mui, a co-author of Billion-Dollar Lessons. "Ego, sunk costs, emotions, self-interest, etc., lead to blind spots. The not-so-intelligent have the same issues, it's just that the stakes are lower...
...Born on February 12, 1930 in Wichita, Kansas to Russian-Jewish immigrants. Would later say his interest in politics began after witnessing his father's outrage over the failure of the U.S. government to grant bonuses to WWI veterans...
...Current American policy suits neither our national interest nor our democratic values. Continued unrestricted high-value exports of sensitive military materiel will not help Pakistan to fight the Taliban insurgency on its northwest frontier. Similarly, our policy of no-strings-attached support for Pakistan’s government—which has resulted in a shameful lack of progress on the important issues of human rights and democracy—should instead be restructured in such a way that prioritizes concrete improvements in that government’s human-rights record while maintaining a strategic relationship of mutual benefit...
Though Correa has cajoled oil companies to hand over a bigger share of revenue to the government and pressured banks to cut interest rates, Ecuador - unlike Venezuela and Bolivia - hasn't nationalized industries. Indeed, Correa does not shy from development that irks his presumed base of support. A workaholic micromanager who peppers his ministers with cell-phone calls, Correa backed new legislation designed to develop untouched deposits of gold and copper, angering indigenous groups and environmentalists. Communists rail against his introduction of testing of public-school teachers. "Correa isn't stupid," says analyst Margarita Andrade at Analytica Investments in Quito...