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What can be done? The Administration's emphasis, says Tyson, is on improving "the quantity and quality of jobs." Clinton, in a speech last week, mentioned one approach: overhauling the unemployment-compensation system so that anyone registering will be offered retraining and placement assistance, not just money. That is precisely the kind of initiative, however, that has been starved for funds as the Administration and Congress struggle to reduce the budget deficit...
...took nearly a decade of steadily plummeting returns before the University finally ousted Meyer's predecessor, Walter M. Cabot '55. And it's why many of Cabot's top henchmen, including Scott M. Sperling and Michael Eisenson--the managers of HMC's high-risk, high-gain private placement portfolio--continue to work at HMC, earning stratospheric salaries, despite their lackluster performance. Sperling and Eisenson achieved fame several years ago for becoming the first HMC officials to top the $1 million compensation barrier, just two years before the University marked down the value of their portfolio by about $200 million, roughly...
Stanford Business School took first place in the survey, which was based on a combination of four categories: student selectively, placement success, graduation rate and reputation...
...heavily, ostentatiously collecting guns, or threatening corporate officials -- or all three. The FBI suggests this management technique: send the problem person for counseling. If someone must be let go, be sure the firing is done with sensitivity (never sack by letter, agents warn). Above all, provide retraining and job-placement help. "These are desperate people who feel they've reached the end of their rope," says Van Zandt. "We ought to give them a few more feet...
...accident that these dots are not all shaped the same way: some have softer edges, others are smaller and tighter. The differences in circles create an ambiguity of depth. Are these black dots beams of light penetrating a white "void" or are they hovering objects in space? The symmetric placement of the dots suggest that the black is piercing the white surface. The viewer stands in front of a new universe created by Ward's experimentation with light. It is necessary to walk the length of the wall to experience the magnitude and overwhelming feeling of the work, then...