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...Raising the money for his breakaway network expansion is one of those things. Mittal, a serial entrepreneur, is a master at attracting investments and getting loans in India, where capital has been in painfully short supply?a skill that is especially helpful when your rivals have more money than you. Bharti has garnered a total $1.2 billion of foreign equity investment, more than any other Indian company. Singapore Telecommunications has invested $650 million, and Warburg Pincus has a stake worth nearly $300 million, the private equity fund's third-largest overseas investment. Dalip Pathak, a managing director at Warburg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Dialing | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

Cornell tried to reduce Harvard’s advantage in skill and speed with rough, scrappy play...

Author: By John R. Hein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cornell, Colgate No Match For W. Hockey | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...Graduates’ success in life is going to be affected by their capacity to persuade people”—a skill that is “pretty much not taught anywhere in the curriculum,” he said...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lewis Tackles Free Speech Issues | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

Connection begins with an attitude. When one sees in people experiences, opportunities, beauty and life, one is open to meeting them, and often willing or eager to break the ice. When one sees threat in people, then all the circuits block. Along with the right attitude, comes some skill; communicating in a verbal and a non-verbal way our desire to connect is vital. The non-verbal cues that we give are responsible for opening the doors, and the eyes are the cavalry in that non-verbal battalion...

Author: By Pedro Medina, | Title: Eye Contact in Harvard Square | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

...indeed, it seemed that Holt’s supporters were onto something. Using his guile and skill in political maneuvering, he quickly became one of the most respected and powerful figures in Hawaii, holding a long-standing position as a state senator and ultimately rising to Vice President of the state senate...

Author: By Evan Powers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Milton Holt ’75: From The Stadium to the Slammer | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

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