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...increasing U.S. troops in Iraq is such a good idea, why didn't Bush spring it before the elections? More time in Iraq will result in more U.S. soldiers dead, billions more dollars down that rat hole and more Sunni-Shi'ite strife. Robert O. Hoskins Castiglioncello, Italy...
Jeffrey A. Zucker ’86 is expected to be named the Chairman and Chief Executive of NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric and the world’s fifth-largest media company, according to inside sources who spoke to the Los Angeles Times. Zucker will replace Robert C. Wright, the NBC chairman who has occupied the position for 21 years. Zucker has been the chief executive of the NBC Universal Television Group since December 2005. He was responsible for all programming across the conglomerate’s extensive television properties, which include the NBC network as well...
...Councillor Craig A. Kelley and the rest of the council during yesterday’s meeting, after a discussion of pothole repair gave way to a critique of Kelley’s administrative approach. Councillors assailed Kelley for his tendency to request longer, more quantitative reports from City Manager Robert W. Healy than do the rest of his peers. The council spends a portion of each weekly meeting discussing reports from the city manager, who is responsible for implementing policy initiatives that the council promulgates. Last night’s tussle began during discussion of a report from Healy that...
...engineering decided not to advance his tenure case, according to the MIT Tech newspaper. Sherley appealed, claiming that he had been denied independent lab space for his entire seven years at MIT due to his race. Sherley’s appeal was handed to the then-provost of MIT, Robert A. Brown, who currently serves as President of Boston University. Sherley also disputes Brown’s handling of his appeal. He alleges that Brown carelessly brushed aside his complaints. He further charges that he was improperly contacted by a member of the MIT corporation, and that Brown?...
...What’s most impressive is the range of expertise he brings to the creation of these micro-creatures—he uses structural design, fluid mechanics, automatic controls, microfabrication, and more,” McKay Professor of Engineering Robert D. Howe writes in an e-mail. “By drawing on all these disciplines, he can create sophisticated devices with astonishing performance...