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...Wagoner has made it clear that Lutz has the authority to redesign products already in the pipeline, kill pet projects and install his own. So far, this has not posed a threat to top GM executives, for a simple reason. Says David Davis Jr., founding editor of Automobile magazine: "Everyone, including Bob, knows he's not going to be chairman of General Motors...
...Bush Administration would seem to have admirably rebuffed pleas for favors from its most generous business supporter. But it didn't tell that story very effectively-encouraging speculation that it has something to hide. Democrats in Congress, frustrated by Bush's soaring popularity and their own inability to move pet legislation through Congress, smelled a chance to link Bush and his party to the richest tale of greed, self-dealing and political access since junk-bond king Michael Milken was jailed in 1991. That's just what the President, hoping to convert momentum from his war on terrorism...
...habit of saying one thing and meaning the opposite? To start with, there is the humor. For instance, a very funny sketch on the Dec. 1 episode of “Saturday Night Live” showed Will Ferrell stumping for a book about how to train your house pet using sarcasm: “That’s a good dog, that fecal shade of brown really goes perfectly with my beige ottoman. Good doggie.” In a recent review session, a professor reminded students that the final exam would be closed-book and that...
...department, widely considered the nation’s best, was a pet project of Summers’ predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine. Over the past couple of weeks, national media attention has focused on a dispute between Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, who is reported to be considering a return to Princeton University...
...change this fall, as Summers began with his installation to put forth his agenda. Assistant Provost Sean T. Buffington ’90 is now in charge of what he called “the international agenda,” which includes study abroad, one of Summers’ pet projects...