Word: quietness
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...back” to Harvard Square. Looming big-block buildings maximize floor space. These buildings of glass and steel carry strong, welcoming sandstone entryways announcing the Harvard X, Y, or Z-nomics Center. The only sounds are those of wind, windshield wipers, a few quiet conversations by the shuttle bus stop, and the rumble of air conditioning systems...
...Harvard degree—and the tumultuous events of her tenure as an opportunity to parse Harvard’s system of governance—to learn its ins and outs, and how to best navigate it. In the process, say friends and colleagues, she has become a quiet leader of Harvard’s most powerful governing body...
...Shortly after her appointment, Faust said she would spend the spring in “listening mode.” She has stayed true to her word, shunning public appearances in favor of quiet work behind the scenes. When four female Ivy League presidents gathered at Harvard for a round-table discussion in May, Faust, who is currently dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, was reticent, guiding the conversation but keeping her own thoughts to herself...
...receded into obscurity—despite having his burger taken off the menu at Bartley’s Burger Cottage. He has kept up a busy schedule of world-wide speaking appearances, penned columns for the Financial Times, and took a job in finance, all while maintaining a quiet presence on campus. The difference is the pressure and the expectations—colleagues say that Summers has been able to shed the weight of his high-profile presidency and emerge...
...quiet a Cambridge July, Knowles swept up what he believed was a chaotic University Hall. The prodigious note-taker, who records nearly every interaction he has, had taken note of rifts within the College administration. As one of his first major acts in office, he and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 fired Patricia O’Brien, Gross’ deputy and a central player in the growth of what some professors considered the corporate culture of University Hall. O’Brien had long been a leader of the attempt to market...