Word: revolt
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...prominently displayed on the shelves of the Coop and Harvard Bookstore. At last week’s faculty meeting, reporters and cameramen from many major news organizations—from the Associated Press to NBC—descended upon Lowell Lecture Hall to get a piece of the supposed revolt taking place inside. The Boston Globe, meanwhile, has been running several articles a week on the topic; since breaking the story back in late January, Globe reporter Marcella Bombardieri seems to have interviewed every member of the faculty...
Despite the dire situation—many faculty in open revolt, presidents of other schools publicly rebuking Summers in the media, and entire generations of female scientists bristling at his comments—we believe that President Summers can still lead himself out of this fiasco. Doubtless, he has dug himself a deep hole, and it will take a sincere, sustained effort to re-earn the confidence and respect of a majority of the faculty. An apology is not sufficient, as Summers has apologized enough in the past, with varying results. Neither are more task forces enough. Although we applaud...
...book on how Disney was adapting to the changing media world. Eisner granted him interviews; Stewart even wore a Goofy costume at Walt Disney World. But within a few months he had ringside seats as Roy Disney, nephew of founder Walt Disney, launched a shareholder revolt against the man he blamed for hobbling a thriving entertainment giant...
...seems to have triggered the drop-off; instead, a number of slow-burning factors have quietly eroded his support, which ran as high as 84% shortly after he became Prime Minister and which still hovered in the 40s for much of last year. The poll shows a particularly strong revolt among unaffiliated voters and women, formerly his staunchest fans. "People are bitter because they feel that many of the so-called 'Koizumi reforms' are proving to be an illusion," says political analyst Takao Toshikawa. Despite Koizumi's successful handling of Japan's banking crisis, his initiatives in highway and pension...
Timing matters. Steven Spielberg's 1997 slave-revolt tale got shut out amid plagiarism charges. The suit was dropped, but not in time for ANTHONY HOPKINS or DJIMON HOUNSOU to take home a statue...