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...very own President can find free time to trek down the green carpet and honor the sustainability cause, then you can surely do the same. At 3 p.m. on Apr. 23, check out the awards and stick around afterwards for a reception in the Queen’s Head Pub. “It’s a pretty big deal,” concluded Baldwin...
...Ironically, Moynihan almost didn't stick around long enough at the bank to become its CEO. In late 2008, former CEO Ken Lewis reportedly considering firing Moynihan, who had joined the bank after its 2004 acquisition of FleetBoston Financial, after the executive turned down the post of head of the bank's card division. Lewis even had a press release drafted announcing Moynihan's departure. The bank's board of directors, however, convinced Lewis to keep Moynihan, who was made the bank's chief legal officer and then the head of its retail operations before becoming...
...play a role in infidelity. It's called the vasopressin receptor gene. The prairie vole, which is monogamous, bonds with one female for life, even if he's presented with other, fertile females. His cousin, the montane vole, is kind of a hit-and-run guy. He doesn't stick around at all. Scientists found that the montane vole had a short version of the vasopressin receptor gene, and the monogamous one had a long version of it. They then took the [long] gene from the monogamous one and injected it into the brains of the promiscuous...
...next day, Obama asked Holder for "options" - the word this White House uses when it needs to start over. The day after, Holder delivered them in the Situation Room. He urged the President to stick to his guns, and Obama seemed to agree. But in the same session, Emanuel presented a game plan for negotiations with Graham in which the White House would seek to try KSM in a military tribunal in exchange for winning Graham's support for a new U.S. detention facility to replace the controversial military facility at Guantánamo Bay. Obama expressed skepticism about Emanuel...
...second quarter was dominated by Dartmouth. Campbell made four consecutive saves during a long Harvard possession early in the period, including two great stick saves off shots from Gibbons and Schwartz...