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...them too small and remote to rate a visit from a Unilever sales representative. The program, called Shakti (Energy), was meant to aid some of the company's poorest customers, but it has accomplished more than that. The 40,000 or so women working for Shakti's network have proven to be reliable representatives - and their clients reliable consumers - even in a downturn. "Because of the financial crisis this project has become even more important for us," says Hemant Bakshi, Unilever executive director for customer development in Mumbai. "If we want to continue to grow during difficult times, we will...
...base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama’s first post on the White House website also claimed that his administration would be “the most open and transparent in history.” But the promise of “change” has thus far proven to be hollow...
...College’s history, allowing notable graduates like John F. Kennedy ’40, Henry Kissinger ’50, and W.E.B. DuBois, Class of 1890, to attend Harvard after doing time at other institutions. The talented pool of transfers that Harvard would admit had already proven themselves exceedingly capable elsewhere before recognizing that they would be best able to learn and contribute here. Yet, despite the March 2007 statement by then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 that we “always want to have space for some exceptional transfer students...
...With these grim results, risking Darfuri lives for a poorly structured indictment process has proven tantamount to manslaughter—or at least gross negligence. Policymakers expected this reaction from al-Bashir. Shortly before Ocampo issued the indictment in July, a reporter asked him whether he thought the potentially terrible consequences of the arrest warrant would be his fault. Ocampo cavalierly replied, “Today they are being killed. Today they are being destroyed and have no hopes...
...nice thing about David is that he has already worked so extensively with student organizations,” said McLoughlin, who supervised Friedrich during his tenure as assistant dean of the college in the Office of Student Life and Activities. “He has already proven that he knows how student organizations work at the College...