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...When you see a guy with talent, you give him a difficult assignment." -John Smith, retired GM chairman, on entrusting GM's foreign operations to Henderson. (Businessweek...
...December debt issuance unfair and said the current economic crisis is a black swan. “There was tremendous uncertainty [in the fall] with Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and AIG, and I don’t think anybody knew what was going to happen.”John F. Flahive, a vice president at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, which purchased $10 million of Harvard’s tax-exempt bonds, said that he does not think the bonds’ rates were inappropriate, nor does he think that the University’s collateral obligations forced financiers to issue...
...Special Collections librarian. The department houses nearly 2,000 feet of linear manuscript, more than 200,000 rare books, and over 70,000 visual images. “The fellowship will support greater access, especially by young scholars with research budgets, to our unique materials,” said John G. Palfrey ’94, professor of law and vice dean for Library and Information Resources at HLS. According to Palfrey, the Library chose to honor Cohen, the HLS Librarian from 1971 to 1981, for his “rich legacy in research and bibliography...
...Harvard spokesman John D. Longbrake says that while the University does not comment on the specifics of personnel cases, “all allegations brought to the attention of the Management Company and its board are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly in order to ensure the integrity of HMC processes.” He further points to HMC’s average annual investment return of 13.8 percent over the 10 years up through 2008 as evidence of the Company’s “strong portfolio management, personnel and risk management systems...
...course, not all presidential trips abroad are known for altering the course of world politics. John F. Kennedy's 1963 trip to Berlin was notable for the speech expressing support for a free West Germany, but infamous because of the four words he used to drive the point home: "Ich bin ein Berliner," which can be interpreted to literally mean "I am a jelly-filled doughnut." Some reports say the statement wasn't mocked in Berlin at the time, but this hardly matters. In popular memory, Kennedy committed an embarrassing gaffe, something presidents try hard not to do while abroad...