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...Ernesto Zedillo is a person of extraordinary leadership and intellect, both a statesman and a scholar,” University President Lawrence H. Summers said in a press release yesterday. “His embrace of democratic values and economic reforms had a profound effect on Mexico, and his thoughtful observations on globalization are timely and important...
...create the kind of engaged, critical and creative board that every company should have had in the first place. Search firms are aggressively steering nominating committees into new territory. Peter Crist, vice chairman of Korn/Ferry International, goes so far as to call the prototypical director, the distinguished elder statesman sitting on four or five boards, "an anachronism." The new ideal, Crist says, is a CFO 45 to 50 years old and very often a first-time director...
Dressing up like him and prognosticating football games. ESPN’s Lee Corso’s imitation of Benjamin Franklin, complete with wig and colonial garb, probably made the inventor-statesman turn over in his grave...
...Chirac's diplomacy than concern for the U.N.'s authority. On Iraq, Paris is anxious to bolster its political and economic position in the Middle East. French companies have considerable investments in Iraq, including in the oil industry. In Europe, too, Chirac is equally adept at playing the statesman and defender of the national wealth. He thwarted efforts to reform the cap, and when Blair objected - noting that cap's trade barriers on food hurt poor African countries, about which the French President professes to care so deeply - Chirac told the British Prime Minister he was being rude and postponed...
With its elder statesman back in charge, the Crimson (4-2, 3-0 Ivy) held on for the 24-17 win at Princeton Stadium to stay undefeated in Ivy play...