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That we must understand and address the AIDS crisis in the developing world is clear. Not only are we citizens of the same planet, with humanitarian concern for others; our political and financial interests are also becoming increasingly interdependent. Undoubtedly, the interests of all people are at stake...
...legally responsible. Indeed, what we have done is to call upon her to make it public--or at least to tell us--that she disapproves of Cardinal Health's behavior and that she will try to remedy the situation. One-hundred seventy people's lives are at stake and though, as Alex Herzlinger points out, it is not a large proportion of Cardinal's workers, I still feel that it is important to respect their right to live decent lives...
...M.B.A. program (where he sported hair down to his shoulders), the twentysomething Checchi rose quickly through the ranks at Marriott by arranging clever financing for hotel developments at home and abroad. Hired in his 30s by the secretive Bass brothers of Texas, he helped them acquire a 25% stake in then troubled Disney, pocketing a reported $50 million for himself in the process. His work with Disney helped him befriend Hollywood heavyweights like Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz, and in 1994 he joined the Beverly Hills crowd by buying the old estate of actor Sidney Poitier. In 1989 he helped...
Harvard has much more at stake on Saturday than its perfect record. Maryland is a talented opponent from a nationally prominent conference, and a Crimson victory against the Terps would be an enormous plus toward seedings for the NCAA Tournament should the Crimson win the Ivy League...
...because the biggest obstacles to killing Saddam aren't moral or legal but practical. It's not smart for the U.S., which has a huge stake in world order, to be seen as resorting to a little terror of its own. Unintended consequences often flow from clever plans. Recall Pan Am 103, blown out of the sky allegedly by Libyan agents after Gaddafi almost died from Reagan's bombs...