Word: mentored
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...predecessor, Hank Paulson, was a believer in doing so by means of bold statements. That served him well for a while, but when the crazy events of the fall made Paulson repeatedly eat his words, confidence in his leadership fell quickly. It is always a mistake, Geithner's mentor (and Obama's top economic adviser) Larry Summers said in October, to try to "infuse confidence through words rather [than] through deeds...
...black community who died in 2006. This year’s recipient was Tineisha A. Lozanne, a junior at New Mission High School in Roxbury. Lozanne, who excels both academically and athletically, has her sights set on Harvard, due to dedicated mentorship from Harvard students. “My mentor has taught me so much about how to prioritize, stay on track, and prepare for college,” Lozanne said. —Staff writer Courtney P. Yadoo can be reached at cyadoo@fas.harvard.edu...
...academic medicine.” “He made critical discoveries about the genetics of leukemia and changed the way we think about that disease,” Scadden wrote in an e-mailed statement. “But of equal importance, he has been an extraordinary mentor having fostered the careers of numerous future leaders in the field.” Scadden added that he was particularly saddened by Gilliland’s departure as the two had been planning adjacent laboratory space in Allston. “People are still dealing with the fact that he will...
Driving around Los Angeles on a peaceful, neon-lit night, Bow Wow and JD reflect on their past quarrels and present admiration. See, back when Bow Wow was still Lil’, he swore never to talk to his once-mentor after being scolded for taking too long in the shower at their crib. Bow Wow moved out to live with his bud Lil’ Romeo, and Dupri spent the next few years concentrating on growing his beard. But in this new age of hope and change, the two swore to uphold the creed of “Obama...
...that is why Tom Daschle had to go. If he hadn't jumped, Obama would have had to push him, even though Daschle was a mentor and close friend. It wasn't just the unpaid taxes. And it wasn't just that two other Obama Administration officials had neglected to pay their taxes as well. It was the lifestyle, and the choices Daschle made. It was that he had given speeches worth $200,000 to health-care-industry groups that he would have had to regulate as Health and Human Services Secretary. It was that he made $5 million...