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...Sure, the argument goes, the Bush Administration has alienated Europe - over Iraq and Guantánamo and global warming, to name but three salient issues - but so did Dwight Eisenhower when he pulled the plug on the British-French-Israeli invasion of Suez, Lyndon Johnson with the Vietnam War, Ronald Reagan when he deployed Pershing and cruise missiles despite Continent-wide protests. So maybe if we just wait a while, the ship will right itself, buoyed up by a vast ocean of common experience and belief: a commitment to democracy and free markets, intensifying economic links, a shared culture that...
...Dean Jay O. Light, who presided over the event. “These people personify what this school stands for.” Since 1968, the awards have been presented to alumni who have led outstanding careers while making meaningful contributions to the world. The four honorees were Sir Ronald M. Cohen, who received his MBA from Harvard in 1969, prominent venture capitalist and Co-founder and former Chairman of Apax Partners; William H. Donaldson, who graduated from HBS in 1958, Co-founder and former Chairman and CEO of Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, and former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange...
...We’re] anticipating a little reluctance on the part of the high schools, but we are really not that worried,” said Matthew E. Vandenberg ’06-’08, who is co-director of this year’s conference. Ronald K. Anguas, Jr. ’08 said he had felt “pretty safe” when he spent two weeks in Thailand this summer to co-direct Harvard Model Congress’s four-day conference in Bangkok. “But when I was there...
...skills. He wrote that even Islam, which prohibits gambling, has made exceptions for betting on horse races as a way to spur, as it were, youths to become better horsemen and warriors. Some educators leverage the game's current popularity to sneak in their lessons. Emory University math professor Ronald Gould, for example, teaches his freshmen students basic concepts of probability using five-card stud, or for more challenging computations, a seven-card game like Texas Hold...
Billionaire Ronald Perelman, it seems, liked to surprise wife ELLEN BARKIN. Sometimes it was with jewels, and one time it was with divorce papers. So it's not shocking that the Sea of Love star isn't feeling so attached to the baubles. On Oct. 10 at Christie's, Barkin, 52, will auction off $15 million worth of them (including these diamond earrings). Taking a page from her ex's playbook (he bought a stake in his first company with his first wife's money), the fourth Mrs P. will use the loot to launch a production company...