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...discuss a wide range of concerns, such as an innovative parole program and the location of a new garbage dump. "Before, leaders just made decisions," Sun says. "Now we have public hearings to allow ordinary people to debate things." That idea may sound suspiciously like democracy. But Sun, a smooth-talking constitutional-law expert who has lectured at Yale, isn't going that far. "It is science," he says, deftly sidestepping the issue. "We shouldn't trust ourselves, even if we have power. We should listen to others' opinions...
...didn’t know what to expect in the Ivy League,” Stefanchik said. “But it was a smooth transition and I really learned how to read defenses...
...this function, many faculty are distrustful of Kirby, presuming him to be more on Summers’ side than their own. While it is important for Kirby to continue to work to build trust amongst the Faculty, a Faculty advocate purely focused on the Faculty-administration relationship could help smooth communication problems in the future...
...businesses find the waters of Harvard’s bureaucracy so smooth. According to David A. Eisenberg ’07, DormAid’s chief operating officer, the company encountered “resistance from the administration.” Beginning in early April of last year, the company’s executives entered into nine months of meetings with the Deans, all of the house superintendents, each of the house masters, and several other administrators...
...contrast, Ms. Cowman’s relationship with Mr. Schetter has been smooth sailing. When the two met on Valentine’s Day 2002, Ms. Cowman says it was “kind of a love at first sight thing.” Introduced to each other by Ms. Cowman’s roommate, Sarah M. Poage ’05, who went to high school with Mr. Schetter in San Diego, Calif., the two hit it off and kept in touch over the next year while Mr. Schetter was in boot camp in South Carolina. The following Valentine?...