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...Summers resigned Feb. 21, one week before a Faculty meeting in which he would have faced the second no-confidence motion of his career. In the first vote, held last March, the Faculty of Arts and Science voted a lack of confidence in Summers by a margin of 218-185. Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan, who had proposed the second no-confidence motion, cautioned against overextending the national influence of Summers’ resignation. “There is no reason to start imagining a rash of copy-cat motions,” she wrote...
...bout with Yale on Saturday: the Ivies’ two best teams, going head-to-head for the second time in four days with a berth in the national title game at stake.After its 5-4 win over the Bulldogs earlier in the week, Harvard knew it had no margin for error.And when two of Wednesday’s individual match wins went the other way, the Crimson lost its chance at a second upset.“Our depth is not as strong as theirs,” Bajwa said. Junior Kyla Grigg, who grounded...
...Mercedes, while Volkswagen in February announced 20,000 job cuts. In that environment, Renault appears to be defying gravity by promising ambitious results without the pain of slashing labor costs. Indeed, Ghosn is promising to increase annual car sales by 800,000 units by 2009, double operating profit margins, and improve product and brand quality. "The lesson of the Nissan revival plan was what's vital is the result, not the precise means of attaining it," says Ghosn, 52. "We've analyzed the opportunities and potentials at Renault, and made clear commitments on the results we'll deliver...
...Poll: By 3-1 Margin Undergraduates Say They Don’t Want Summers to Resign?...
...alumnus, I want to add my voice to the current group of Harvard undergraduates who did not want Larry Summers to resign. (“Poll by 3-1 Margin, Undergraduates Say They Don’t Want Summers To Resign,” news, Feb. 21). Forcing Dr. Summers out is a powerful illustration of how diversity of thought is not tolerated on the left and especially not within the cocoon that engulfs the Harvard Faculty. Even though I share some of the shame that taints Harvard today, I do grant that at least the Faculty has delivered (albeit...