Word: roles
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...Board members had argued the sale was necessary to diversify the school's funding base, since slumping profits at the candy company could have far-reaching effects on the school's funding. The failure of that sale appears to have led the trust board to take a stronger role in the direction of the Hershey company, leading quickly to the resignation of CEO and Chairman Richard H. Lenny. Weeks later, the trust board forcibly replaced six of the 11 Hershey board members...
Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow James R. Houghton ’58, who played a key role in the resignation of University President Lawrence H. Summers and presided over the appointment his successor, Drew G. Faust, will leave his post on the University’s top governing board at the end of the current academic year...
Since stepping down as chairman at Corning for the second time, he has continued to play a role at the firm. He also remains a longtime trustee of the Corning Museum of Glass...
Ardent fans of the novel claim that a lesser known actress should have been cast as the heroine, but many think that Portman will shine in a role that demands grace, wit, and sass. Horror story fanboys, eat your hearts out—before the zombies get there first. Then again, maybe Portman will come to your rescue...
...students in Tehran press the latest round of protests into a second week, the late Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini is emerging to play a role in Iran's unsettled politics. Soon after the demonstrations started, on Dec. 7, a video on state television showed an unidentifiable person tearing up a poster of Iran's revolutionary father figure. The Iranian media erupted with accusations. Conservative papers called for opposition leaders' heads, while reformist papers alleged that the video was manufactured by the regime to justify its attacks on protesters. Indeed, a website affiliated with opposition leader and former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein...