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...fail, not only because of my long years of political activism in Liberia, but because they aren't really convinced that women can be leaders. how will you prove them wrong? I want to be very informed. I'm glad that my own experience working in the private sector and as the head of the African bureau of the United Nations Development Programme provided me with the opportunity to have a dialogue with the African leadership. In a way, they have already welcomed me, so my entrée should not be particularly difficult. is there something extra you bring...
...election in late 2003. His reversal of fortune reached its apogee last week in another special election, when four ballot initiatives he pushed were all resoundingly defeated. The measures would have increased from two to five the number of years it takes schoolteachers to qualify for tenure, required public-sector unions to get permission from members before using their dues for political campaigns, turned congressional redistricting over to a panel of retired judges rather than legislators, and created a new mechanism to cap government spending. Their rejection was a stinging referendum on Schwarzenegger, whose approval ratings have dropped from...
...Harvard University ranks as the top employer in Cambridge with 10,282 workers, according to the 2005 Cambridge Community Development Department and Cited Employers report. Trailing Harvard, MIT employs 7,026 workers and the City of Cambridge employs 3,251 workers. Harvard’s employment sector has risen by over 1,000 workers since 2003, from 8,727 to 10,282 employees. City Manager Robert W. Healy viewed Harvard’s expanding presence in Cambridge as a vital piece of the Cambridge economy both from a prestige standpoint and as a major employer. “In addition...
...five years, not two, before getting tenure; to require unions to ask each individual member before using their dues for political campaigns; to put a cap on state spending; and to put retired judges, not legislators, in charge of redrawing electoral districts. Since the beginning of the year public sector unions have been running bitter attack ads on television against the governor, driving down his popularity rating and neutralizing his value as a celebrity campaigner...
...research centers in Buenos Aires, Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, as well as one in Silicon Valley, Calif. India, Asia’s third largest economy, has grown at an average rate of 6.8 percent since 1994. The nation has been noted for the rapid growth of its service sector, fueled by a young population in fields as diverse as software development, telemarketing, and tax preparation, according to an International Monetary Fund study. Walker Professor of Business Administration Krishna G. Palepu, the HBS Dean for International Development, said that while the IRC’s faculty will be entirely from...