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...what long ago became a popular springtime ritual, Harvard students play dress-up and head over to the Office of Career Services (OCS) to vie for jobs as consultants and investment bankers...
Rudenstine apologized for the "ritual academic confinement" faced by seniors during Commencement week, and quipped that he had searched for an original idea for a Commencement address...
...last month when he proposed new restrictions on political parties and public protests as soon as China assumes control. The proposals themselves were not severe: amending current statutes so that demonstrators would be required to seek advance permission for the street protests that have become a regular Hong Kong ritual and barring political parties from accepting foreign contributions, as in the U.S. But clumsy writing and ominous references to "national security" stoked widespread alarm that more draconian gags and shackles lay ahead...
...Sicuranza). As the music plays and couples swirl around the dance floor, the man repeatedly steps on her toes, and she denies any pain and takes all the blame. Uebelacker's asides to the audience are funny, but eventually it becomes clear that she is stuck in a courtship ritual and simply unable to breach the laws of a too-polite so ciety...
...fortunes. Oracle stock took a quick dip, but Ellison's slash-and-burn sales force and espresso-fueled programmers quickly unplugged the challenge. "Informix did tons of things wrong," says Ellison. "They started writing checks instead of software." Last week Informix announced a $140 million quarterly loss and the ritual sacrifice of its cfo, who resigned. It was the kind of victory Ellison likes best: bloody. "Second place," he tells friends, "is still losing...