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...king, leadership cannot be top-down but must instead stem from example and inspiration. That will require a less brusque and opaque management style than Summers brought to Mass. Hall. But it does not mean that Harvard’s next leader should stay away from rocking the ship or changing course.We have welcomed the rate of change of the last five years, change which was long overdue, which faced and tackled the dilemmas of the 21st century, and which improved the lives of undergraduates considerably. We hope that Bok, Knowles, and the nine members of the presidential search committee...
...before the campaign’s end after the most serious of the accusations came to light. The UC began the spring semester with the annual debate about finding “discriminatory” student groups, defined as any organization that in any way restricts membership or officer-ship on the basis of a long list of attributes, including sex and religion. Such had long asked for, and had occasionally been granted, suspensions of the UC’s bylaws to allow their public events’ to be funded. When legislation that would allow events-based funding...
Pentagon personnel managers have tried to increase the length of time between deployments--most soldiers get 20 months between tours. Pentagon officials say Army units deploy to Iraq for a year and Marines ship out for six months, but units from both services have been known to stay in Iraq longer. Says an Army general: "Are they stressed? Yes. Will it get worse? Yes. Is it affecting their combat ability...
...includes Marconi, the young inventor of radio. According to Larson's publisher, "A mild-mannered doctor known as 'the kindest of men' kills his wife in horrific fashion and buries her remains in the cellar of their London home. He escapes with the unsuspecting , 'other woman' aboard a ship bound for North America...As always, Larson recounts a fascinating and largely forgotten chapter from history with a novelistic attention to narrative, unforgettable characters, and the evocative details of a bygone time." The author will be signing a lot more books, as he is set to embark on an ambitious...
...next post--to find out what the schools were like and what was a good neighborhood and to interview potential baby sitters. And always to search for families that share their traditional values and that could serve as surrogate parents in the event that she and Jim had to ship out at the same time...