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...Obama six years ago at a Washington dinner party and later advised the then Illinois Senator's office. Obama tapped him, along with Caroline Kennedy, to head his vice-presidential search committee last summer, a process that apparently deepened the candidate's trust in Holder. When Obama called to offer the Attorney General job in late November, the issue of independence arose immediately. Obama made clear he was looking for someone to represent the rule of law, not his political interests, a point Holder stressed at his Senate hearing...
...just released its annual list of best companies to work for: No. 1 is NetApp, which gives workers five paid days of volunteer work, adoption aid, autism coverage--and has gained market share, avoided layoffs and banked $2 billion in cash for these rainy days. Wegmans supermarkets (No. 5) offer workers free yoga classes; biotech leader Genentech (No. 7) features paid sabbaticals, on-site child care and a fitness center; its revenues jumped 25% last quarter. Hewlett suggests even struggling companies that have moved to a four-day workweek rather than fire people may promote both morale and quality...
...including many historians, have come to accept that the Republicans’ anti-slavery policies were the cause of both their popularity with the electorate and the decision of the slave-holding states to secede. He acknowledges that this was one part of their attraction but argues that economics offer a more satisfactory explanation for the party’s rise...
...teach with a life after Harvard,” Sorenson says, “and show how people who have studied in the arts or humanities have gone on to productive careers.” Sorensen wants students to explore the best this liberal arts university has to offer, which includes engaging in opportunities from the natural sciences to the performing arts. Sara Oseasohn ’74, GSD ’77, the Associate Dean for Administration for the Arts and Humanities, hopes that they can host a similar event every year to help students who are trying...
...thought a lot of smart people had thought about this question and I wasn’t sure if I would bring something valuable to this effort,” he said. But after visiting Walker’s clinic in South Africa, Chakraborty became convinced that he could offer his expertise to the issue. “Since then, after many scientific conversations, I have gotten very excited about puzzles I might be able to contribute to,” he said. An initial area of focus for vaccine development will be a small pool of HIV-infected patients...