Word: savioring
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Carnesale was also the savior of the Kennedy School, the dean who brought together a faculty fractured by years of mushrooming growth and lacking of a clear mission. He was a Harvard insider, a successful fund raiser and a tested supporter of Rudenstine's goal of unifying Harvard's schools...
...approached, crowds eager to catch a glimpse of their returning savior flocked to the National Palace, packing the streets so tightly that the faces of those standing next to the fence were squeezed like lemons between the iron bars. "For three years we have suffered," said Michel Jasmine, a member of the crowd. "But God has been good to us; he has given us back Aristide. Now we face a new life." When the President finally appeared, he was dwarfed by the bulletproof shield that surrounded the podium, another sign of how fragile his safety is in this divided society...
...instances of John-Roger's taking sexual advantage of teenage male acolytes, harassing followers who quit and using tax-exempt church donations to live luxuriously. Through a spokesperson John-Roger refused to comment. Arianna became a "Minister of Light" in MSIA, whose followers accept John-Roger as a personal savior. She says the charges all stem from disgruntled employees and have yet to be proved in court. She also says she has not actively participated for eight years, or given money. But MSIA records show that she has given $35,000 since 1990. Huffington denied in a radio interview that...
...friends she's splitting from the White House before the year is out. Other changes in the President's office sound like small potatoes compared with Panetta's previous promise of a major perestroika: communications director Mark Gearan, for example, is now Panetta's coordinator of strategic planning. Myers' savior was apparently President Clinton himself, who met with her Thursday night. "Clinton undercut the chief of staff he supposedly gave the power to do whatever it takes," says TIME White House correspondent James Carney. "It's sort of the shake-up that wasn't. . . The source of disorder...
What if similar statements were made by a politico of another country? "I say given quite plainly--when I come to power, there will be a dictatorship!" Sound absurd? People in the Kremlin aren't laughing. Enter the world of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, self-appointed savior of the former Soviet republic...