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...undertaking. "Integrating Airbus will remain an issue for the next decade," he said. "The cultures will have to continue mixing, and that takes time." It's not clear that Streiff will stick around that long; according to French media reports that the company denied, he last week threatened to quit in an apparent power struggle. If he does stay on, his plan will involve challenging several corporate taboos. The biggest: Streiff aims to end the practice of parceling out work by country in order to safeguard local jobs. It's a policy popular with politicians and unions, but one that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trying To Untangle Wires | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...mails Florida Representative Mark Foley sent a teen-age male congressional page last year were inappropriate or even constituted outright sexual harassment. But most observers would agree that what was almost as surprising as the allegations themselves was how swiftly the six-term Republican congressman from West Palm Beach quit a thriving career on Capitol Hill after the e-mails were aired Thursday night on the ABC evening news. And a big reason for his abrupt exit, say Florida pundits, is that Foley, 52, was staring at the elements of a perfect political storm that not even a candidate from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Foley's Swift Fall From Grace | 9/30/2006 | See Source »

...part was that, since we play three varsity sports, we could only consider courses that fit within a forty-five minute window. And given that all Harvard courses are at least an hour long, we both had to make one of the most difficult decisions of our lives: we quit the football team. Clifton, we’re finally giving you a chance to shine; go get ’em, buddy. With more time on our hands, we set out to shop. And then, after getting back from Newbury St., we got serious. We went to our rooms...

Author: By Peter J. Martinez and D. A. Wallach, S | Title: Bell Lap 2: Welcome Back, Mammalians | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

...they remain under a financial siege imposed by Israel, the U.S. and Europe, in the hope of forcing Hamas, the Palestinian ruling party, to recognize Israel. The premise of the siege strategy appears to be that by increasing Palestinian misery, domestic pressure will mount on Hamas to submit or quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Hamas Resists Recognizing Israel | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...tight end Dan Lane ’07, who were suspended for the team’s season opener against Holy Cross after a scuffle with a shuttle driver in front of Currier House in April. Velissaris returned to action this week against Brown, and Lane quit the team before the season began...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Footballer Gets the Boot | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

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