Word: legacyism
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The industry that has the largest number of employees in the US is not automotive. It is retail. If the economy does not recover quickly, there is a case to be made that one or more large retailers could face problems not unlike those being faced by GM. The largest...
William Wade, the assistant coach who quietly guided the ascension of the Harvard Men’s Basketball team through his influence on the recruiting process, will be leaving the Crimson’s sidelines to join the staff at Virginia Commonwealth University, The Crimson confirmed yesterday. The young coach...
Although the Harvard dating scene pretty much ranges from minimum to awkward to nonexistent, it's no secret that many still view Harvard as a breeding ground for legacy babies. Many female prospectives get starry-eyed just thinking about Harvard. And no, they aren’t dreaming of 4...
The party split in November when a group of disaffected members formed a breakaway group, the Congress of the People (COPE), and old friends are turning on it. Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu refuses to vote for the ANC, saying it has betrayed Nelson Mandela's legacy. Helen Suzman, a...
It's a pattern that has been particularly pronounced in Africa, whose post-independence history has been dominated by Big Men, despots like Mobutu Sese Seko, ruler of Zaire for 32 years, who took the country as personal reward for "liberating" it. But it is also observed around the world...