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Some members of the Business School community are urging Rudestine to select an outsider to replace McArthur, citing the need for a fresh perspective to help the school recapture its fomerly unchallenged perch at the pinnacle of business education...
...adheres to the fin-de-siecle urban ritual of a working lunch. But during Fashion Week, held in Bryant Park every spring and fall, the bow-tied and sensibly heeled easily forgo risotto on an expense account for Quarter Pounders on a crowded lawn. Dazzled by the chic, they perch themselves near the heavily guarded white tents where designers unveil their seasonal collections. The businessmen, of course, do not come because they are interested in Richard Tyler's position this year on velvet. They want to catch a glimpse of the shows' real centerpieces: the famously angular beauties for whom...
Preaching from his usual perch in the Square, Mr. Round eloquently expressed the minority opinion. He pleaded with the public: "I want to see scrotum, testicles, penises. Those pornographers don't even realize that the public wants to see us men. Hey, hire...
...term limits is precisely why his 30-year lock on a House seat is now in jeopardy. "People are saying that he's become too big for his britches and that he's just out of touch," says Randy Pepple, a Seattle G.O.P. consultant. Flapping hard from the lofty perch of House Speaker, Foley's venerability is his greatest vulnerability. Nethercutt, a youngish Republican lawyer with boundless energy and a ready smile, punches out the message that Foley has succumbed to Beltway-think. "Mr. Foley is a nice man, but he personifies Congress's reputation," he says. Nethercutt's point...
...oldest fishing area is now off limits. Populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna of breeding age have dropped 90% since 1975, and Pacific stocks are starting to fall as well. Orange roughy from the waters off New Zealand, redfish from the Caribbean, salmon off the American Northwest, Atlantic swordfish, Pacific perch -- all are vanishing...