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...Hollywood were to crown a king and queen of nice movie stars, Sandra Bullock would be on a throne next to Tom Hanks. She's been a headliner since the mid-1990s (she turns 45 in July) without incurring the hatred or envy of the town's rapier-tongued gossips. Apparently she is kind to children, dogs and the little people on the set. Onscreen, Bullock personifies the wholesome, working-class common sense of the ideal friend or girlfriend. From her first hits, Speed and While You Were Sleeping, she knew how to get laughs and produce tears with equal...
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Last September, University President Drew G. Faust appointed her former Radcliffe colleague Tamara E. Rogers ’74 as vice president for alumni affairs and development after forcing out Donella M. Rapier, a holdover from the administration of Lawrence H. Summers...
...time of increasing flux in the University’s highest administrative positions. Last September, University President Drew G. Faust appointed her former Radcliffe colleague Tamara E. Rogers ’74 as vice president for alumni affairs and development after asking for the resignation of Donella M. Rapier, who had been appointed by former University President Lawrence H. Summers. Faust has also announced the creation of an “executive vice president” position, though she is several months behind her originally-stated deadline in filling this post. During her tenure as vice president, which began...
With Rogers’ appointment, Faust’s central administration, which had several vacancies when she was named in the spring, will be almost complete. As the University’s fundraising chief, Rogers will replace Donella M. Rapier, who resigned in June. Rapier suggested at the time that Faust had asked her to leave the post...