Word: orneryness
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At dawn last Friday, Reitha and Ken Lakeberg gathered quietly with family and friends in the intensive-care unit of Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. As tears began to well, the Lakebergs made plaster imprints of the tiny hands of their daughters Amy and Angela, then picked them up and...
"I really don't understand why the Business School gets this rap for being either ornery or uncooperative," says Fineberg. "It escapes me, because my experience is so totally contrary to that.
Public policy is not about being amiable; ornery people can be effective politicians. Feigning amiability is just too easy, and believing in the superficial features that a Tonight Show appearance highlights is far too seductive to be safe. Should we trust a politician who does not seem to be proposing...
Help comes to those who help themselves. Wandering Spirit takes a couple of tunes to fully kick in, but by the third song, Out of Focus, you know Jagger has done himself proud. Not outdone himself exactly: although Wandering Spirit has all the shiftless heft of a prime Stones album...
What can Rudenstine do to get the capital campaign back on track? First, he should stick to his original vision. He and Provost Jerry R. Green, with the backing of the Harvard Corporation, should flex a little muscle to bring the deans--especially the ornery Dean of the Business School...