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Harvard Corporation member Robert E. Rubin ’60 has resigned from the board. No, not that board. In fact, although Rubin stepped down from Ford Motor Company’s board last Thursday, he says he has no plans to leave Harvard’s executive board any time soon. Rubin, who has served on the Corporation since April 2002, was former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ most adamant supporter on the Harvard board this past winter. That put him at odds with his fellow Corporation members, who—sources say—pushed...
...Bill Owens lambasted the DA for conducting what he called the most most extravagant and expensive DNA test in Colorado history, and Lacy said an evening caller told her she deserved to be tarred and feathered. At the press conference Tuesday Lacy defended her strategy and pledged not to resign...
...being joined by families of soldiers killed in the brawl with Hizballah. All that has sent Olmert's political stock plummeting. At the start of the Lebanon campaign, he was seen as tough and decisive, a lanky Churchill puffing a cigar. Today 63% of Israelis want Olmert to resign, according to a poll reported last week in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper...
...Israelis believe Olmert's foray into Lebanon increased the chances of another conflict. Sharon Reuven, one of the reservists camping out in front of the Prime Minister's office, believes that another war with Hizballah and its allies Syria and Iran is inevitable. "We want Olmert to resign immediately because tomorrow will be dangerous, and we'll need a strong leader to defend Israel," she says. But Israel's adversaries believe its leaders still haven't got the central point. The Lebanon war, says a Palestinian minister who prefers not to be identified, exposes "Israel's incapacity to absorb...
...resignation letter, Rubin notes that Ford directors are preparing for an upcoming review of strategic options. "Although no conflict currently exists and while I would have liked to remain involved, I have with great regret concluded that I should resign from the Board at this time," he says...