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...school system has entered turmoil over the past few months as picketing crowds have spoken out against merger plans and the school committee has decided not to renew—and potentially even “buy out”—D’Alessandro’s employment...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Superintendent Offers New Merger Plan | 12/4/2002 | See Source »

This large stage leaves Krawcheck outwardly undaunted. She's relaxed and confident, with a self-deprecating sense of humor. She says she's "incredibly insecure," and has had nightmares in which she fails to win the respect of her new colleagues. But this soft-spoken humility belies a toughness present from the start. Daughter of a lawyer and sister of three more, Krawcheck learned early on to substantiate her assertions--or keep quiet. "It used to get quite interesting around the dinner table," says her father Lenny, who practices law in Charleston. "Politics, relationships--you name it. It was every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sallie Krawcheck: CEO of Citigroup's new Smith Barney unit | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...film, for example: The Kingdom and the Beauty from 1959, is the sweet, poignant saga of a young Emperor (Zhao Lei) who falls in love with a commoner (Lin Dai), then leaves her to languish in noble Back Street fashion. As for the opera aspect, the dialogue is mostly spoken; and the tunes include one that sounds spookily like a rap song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, Brothers! | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...still hasn’t really hit me,” Morris said. “I’ve spoken with a lot of alumni, people who follow the team and pull for us in so many ways, and they’ve been very supportive...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Second Time, Morris Named Player of the Year | 11/27/2002 | See Source »

Suppose I shout racist slogans in Harvard Square. Having spoken my mind freely, I will have scorn heaped upon me by those who are free to speak theirs: I will be chilled. This is a triumph of free expression. If, on the other hand, criticism is not warranted—and Paulin’s defenders say it is not, claiming his remarks were taken out of context—the appropriate response is not “how dare you criticize me,” but “here’s why your criticism is wrong...

Author: By Jason L. Steorts, | Title: Free-Speech Paranoia | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

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