Word: moldings
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Last Monday, Harvard Square lost yet another store that didn’t quite fit into the cookie-cutter mold of national chains...
...those of you who are not familiar with the situation, here is some brief background information: Ryder (not class of ’94) is 30 years old and has had a successful acting career stretching back to her early teens. Breaking from the traditional Hollywood mold, she has not used her breathtaking beauty to score the base roles that have made stars of Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock; Ryder’s thought-provoking work in Tim Burton’s surreal masterpieces Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands exemplifies her independent spirit. Also, her two Oscar nominations testify...
...officers to diversify their language skills, boost recruitment and take greater risks. But despite some progress, a senior official admits, "we're not there yet." Robert Baer, a former CIA field operative in India, Tajikistan, Lebanon and Iraq, says the reforms did nothing to "break the cold war mold--it's all about the culture." The Administration has recalled old CIA hands with experience in Central Asia. Says an Administration official: "You ended up going back to retirees because the bench was so light on Afghanistan. We're still trying to get up to speed...
...DIED. PETER SUTCH, 56, former chairman of Hong Kong's Swire Group, one of the territory's older trading houses, of cancer; in Rome. Sutch eschewed the stuffy, colonial taipan mold in favor of a more modern and pragmatic management style...
...record for the most years in the same administrative position at Harvard. “I’m a footnote” in Harvard history, he says. With his far-reaching institutional memory Gomes confidently makes predictions about Harvard in 25 years and suggests how students can mold the school they want. “I remember vividly 25 years ago,” he says. “I remember very well in those days that it was a very tense community. People were not on talking terms.” After the radical polarization of the 1960s...