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...permanent VES faculty, including Ellen Phelan, have also commuted from New York at different times here. While an outsider might be skeptical of this practice, any member of the VES department can speak to Ellen's influence and dedication in bringing us the absolute best. Her active pursuit of improvements within the department stems from a real concern and respect for the students within. This is reflected in her classes, where she is appreciated as a teacher who is both articulate and involved in the work her students are doing...
...mole in its ranks right up until they tripped over Russian spy Robert Hanssen, an agent for 25 years. Last month the bureau announced a mediation agreement with African-American agents in a long-running class action charging bias in promotions. Last year there was the relentless pursuit of Wen Ho Lee, the Los Alamos scientist who spent nine months in jail after an immense FBI mole hunt, only to be released by a judge who said his imprisonment had "embarrassed our entire nation and each of us who is a citizen of it." To say nothing of Richard Jewell...
...understand that delicate and ambitious pursuit, you must enter the world of Bill and Jac--a relationship between two very different men half a generation apart. Simply speaking, Ford is the impassioned do-gooder, the green-tea-drinking fly-fisherman who has a hard time saying no to any worthy cause. Nasser is the corporate hardass who just as easily might have run the old, secretive Ford Motor and reveled in it. "When you look at how important openness has become for Ford [Motor], you have to remember that Bill has always been that way," says a longtime insider...
...therein lies the tragedy of the breakdown between the U.S. and its allies: They want Washington to play a leadership role in world affairs; at the same time, situations from Iraq to Kosovo are reminders that the U.S. can't do without the United Nations in the pursuit of its own national interests. The U.N. vote was ultimately a reminder that the real beneficiaries of the current discord between Washington and its allies are America?s enemies...
...learning outside the classroom,” but ultimately that too is a fiction. We take courses on the classics to learn about the classics, and the purpose of government classes in an academic setting is to separate the study of political action from its pursuit. Describing the PSLM action as “learning”—and doling out benefits for participation—in courses devoted to subjects other than mass protests and wage policies can only mean allowing professors’ politics to replace their teaching...