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...each other, it's also tempting to ask whether the sale would have happened without the involvement of expatriate Kirk. Did the connection help Morgan get in the door or secure a great price? Did Kirk see something in Trade Me that his Australian competitors (or his Fairfax predecessor) missed? You can't help wondering if this deal isn't the first of many in which the global Kiwi network will make a difference...
...Martin.But current principal Sybil Knight acknowledges the school has had a troubled history. “Everyone knows that when I came in it was at a very crucial time,” said Knight, who has been at the school’s helm for four years. Her predecessor, Paula Evans, resigned in 2001 amidst a controversial restructuring plan. In 2003, early into Knight’s tenure, CRLS was placed on probation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Knight said the accreditation committee cited several violations, including the school’s lack...
...lunar lander will be similarly improved, with updated electronics and materials. It too will be a larger ship than its predecessor, big enough to carry all four astronauts down to the surface while the mother ship idles empty in lunar orbit. That not only gets the most bang for the exploratory buck but also eliminates the lonely specter of the single astronaut who used to be left to mind the orbiter while the others went prospecting below...
...over the objections of director Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross), it's Macbeth. As well as staging the difficult (and purportedly cursed) tragedy, Tennant must deal with a mutinous troupe, an incompetent festival manager (Mark McKinney of The Kids in the Hall) and the legacy of his dead, beloved predecessor, who haunts him like Banquo's ghost. Paying heed both to actors' fragile egos and to their dedication, Slings struts and frets its moments on the stage delightfully...
While Summers is usually considered Harvard’s first Jewish president, his predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine, had two Jewish grandparents from Ukraine. Rudenstine’s mother, however, hailed from an Italian Catholic family...