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...just not the hero type, clearly," swaggering billionaire weapons contractor Tony Stark explains to the press in the first of this summer's bumper crop of comic-book films, Iron Man, "with this laundry list of character defects and all the mistakes I've made, largely publicly." Stark, who by the way clearly [does] think he's the hero type, is played by another sort you might not associate with saving the planet: Robert Downey...
...expert on how professional firms are managed and was formerly an adjunct professor at the Law School. “Ashish Nanda is known far and wide for his deep understanding of law and other professional service firms,” said Law School Dean Elena Kagan in a press release on Tuesday. “He is the perfect person to lead our executive education programs and to conduct research on, and teach our students about, important aspects of the legal profession.” Nanda teaches courses that do not pertain to just theory of law, reflecting...
Elizabeth Mora, a 10-year Mass. Hall veteran who currently oversees Harvard’s budget and financial planning, will step down as vice president for finance in May, the University announced yesterday. In its press release, the University notably omitted any reason for Mora’s resignation, which will take place in mid-May, rather than on July 1, when administrative changeovers often occur. Dan Shore, who is now director of budgets and financial planning, will replace Mora in an interim capacity. University spokesman John D. Longbrake said that Shore would only serve as “acting...
...student newspaper moved onto the block in 1915, tearing down a 79-year-old home to make room for a handsome, if staid, redbrick building with an underground printing press. Halberstam, who was managing editor of The Crimson in 1954, wrote a flowery sports column for the paper called “Egg in Your Beer.” His legacy persists in The Crimson’s front hallway, where the pictures of Pulitzer-Prize-winning alumni hang...
...public anxiety about the competency of government was reaching a dangerous point,” Goldsmith added. Today, a committee of policy experts from the Kennedy School continues to select from a pool of nearly 1,000 applicants the most problem-solving and forward-thinking ideas, according to the press release. “It’s a bit of a tightrope,” Goldsmith said, “because they have to be implemented enough that we have begun to see results, and new enough that they are innovative.” This year...