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...watching a TV broadcast of a press conference with [Mikhail] Gorbachev and I remember seeing her stand up and ask a question,” Jennifer B. Freeman ’83, an HASA member, recalled. “She was very articulate and outspoken from a young...

Author: By Nini S. Moorhead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Carroll Bogert | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...Vietcong-controlled Central Highlands of Vietnam. He knew the brain responded poorly to fear - but he also knew it could be distracted. Back then, he had calmed his men by singing Cornish songs from his youth. Now, in the crowded stairwell, Rescorla sang into the bullhorn. "Men of Cornwall stand ye steady. It cannot be ever said ye for the battle were not ready. Stand and never yield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Survival Guide to Catastrophe | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...there is another port, across the continent from L.A., where things look a lot different. Stand on River Street in the old Georgia city of Savannah, and the big ships you see squeezing out to sea through the narrow river channel actually float lower than the ones coming in. They're full of exports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Exporting Ports Fix U.S. Trade Deficit? | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...problems surrounding poor governance stem from management accruing too much power," says Paul Hodgson, senior research associate at The Corporate Library, a governance and compensation research firm. "If you split the roles of CEO and chairman, you get this balance of power in the boardroom. A strong chairman can stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Splitting Power at the Top | 5/28/2008 | See Source »

...formula into their infants' mouths, while older and stronger kids munch on a fortified peanut paste donated by UNICEF. "This one," says a nurse, pointing to a boy who scampers past her in oversized shorts, "you can't imagine the state in which he arrived. He couldn't even stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting Malnutrition in Uganda | 5/27/2008 | See Source »

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