Word: porter
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Geer said the petition was sparked by a situation a couple of years ago in which a residential area along the northern part of Mass Ave. near Porter Square was re-zoned as a commerical district by the Zoning Board...
...Bush's senior aides and longtime tennis partners, former Harvard government professor Roger Porter, has written a book called Presidential Decision Making that could describe Bush in action. Porter dubs the style , "ad-hocracy," a management pattern that "relies heavily on the President to distribute assignments and select whom he listens to and when...
Among the advantages of ad-hocracy, says Porter, is that "it communicates the image of a President personally in command." Among the disadvantages: it "frequently results in jurisdictional battles," and since "ad-hocracy does not differentiate between major and minor issues," the President's agenda can easily get muddled. In an interview, Porter emphasized that "most new Presidents engage in ad hoc decision making." He sees Bush's curiosity and openness as strengths. Another Administration official adds that the easy access the President grants is "one of the reasons people love to work...
Impeded at times by a fairly lame English translation of Da Ponto's libretto by Andrew Porter (I mean, would Susanna really call Figaro a "blockhead" in the eighteenth century?), it is Mozart in the end who gives us the most aural pleasure. Who can resist the remarkable closing scene of The Marriage of Figaro, in which Figaro and Susanna, the Count and Countess Almaviva, Marcellina and Bartolo and all other cast members join together in praise of love and happiness? It's a scene not to be missed, confirming Mozart's brilliance in choral writing and the Lowell House...
Then junior Amy Neuhardt, whose 5-4 win over Gray earlier in the match gave the Crimson a huge lift, crushed Porter, 5-2, to snuff out any hope of an Eli comeback. Papailias ended the match impressively, destroying Campbell with a 5-0 shutout...