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When Robert D. Putnam took the helm of the Kennedy School of Government in 1989, he was heralded as an able academic who would lead the institution into the next decade...
...outset of The Kitchen God's Wife (Putnam; 415 pages; $22.95), one's apprehensions begin to gather like avenging furies: the opening pages introduce us to a young Chinese-American woman, her all-American husband and her inalienably Chinese mother, living around San Francisco -- precisely the contemporary scene that made up the least transporting parts of The Joy Luck Club. For two chapters the young woman tells a pleasant but unremarkable tale of sweet-and-sour tensions, haunted by her nagging mother -- and by her nagging sense that her mother and she are speaking different languages. Then, on page...
...what seems to be a virtual evacuation of the higher echelons of Harvard's administration, Kennedy School Dean Robert D. Putnam last week announced that he will step down after an unusually brief two-year tenure. Putnam says he is quitting to redirect his attention to teaching and research, and will likely teach an undergraduate course. In the meantime, Putnam will finish off two books which were on hold while he was dean...
...Harvard professors and administrators named as short list candidates include: Kennedy School Dean Robert D. Putnam; Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61; Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip Leder '54 and Houghton Professor of Chemistry Jeremy R. Knowles...
...Robert D. Putnam...