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That sounds so warm and fuzzy, you could almost hug it. But how does it work? A council of the top eight executives discusses all major decisions. It's rare that the entire group is in Bangalore at the same time, so the team has mastered the art of succinct e-mail for any question that comes up. Everyone weighs in with a yes or no and a line or two of reasoning. "Why waste time?" asks H.R. director T.V. Mohandas Pai. "We all know each other." And this is a company built on information. Says Murthy: "We've always...
...today Morgan is a true Renaissance man. “You never know how smart your child is, but most people who meet him say he’s the most intelligent person they’ve ever met,” says his mother, Rebecca S. Morgan. A rare breed at Harvard, he can serenade you on the piano, make a short film about Beanie Babies, and write you a sonnet—all in a day’s work. As the publisher of the Harvard Advocate, Morgan is largely responsible for producing the literary magazine...
...always been idyllic. In her junior year, Alford was brutally hazed by an off-campus Greek organization. True to form, she refused to stay silent and eventually wrote an op-ed in The Crimson about her experience. Despite being diagnosed last year with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disorder involving low platelet counts, Alford refused to take time off from school. Instead, she added weekly chemotherapy infusions to her schedule of thesis writing, job hunting, and extracurricular commitments. She is now in remission. Alford’s cherishes her ability to spur change and influence her peers...
...that couldn't be found in the 60-page booklet of plans and proposals that he had put out as a counterargument to his lack of experience. The Des Moines Register cited the speech in its surprise endorsement of Edwards on Jan. 11: "John Edwards is one of those rare, naturally gifted politicians who doesn't need a long record of public service to inspire confidence in his abilities. His life has been one of accomplishing the unexpected, amid flashes of brilliance...
...Still, attacks against members of the Lebanese security services are rare. The only other security official targeted in the past three years was a police colonel involved in the Hariri murder investigation who survived a roadside bomb attack in September 2005. "All Lebanese agree that the army must be kept united as it is seen as the only institution that is keeping the country together," said Timur Goksel, a Mideast security consultant in Beirut and former U.N. official in south Lebanon...