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Discipline is high up on the president’s agenda as well. One of the most contested changes that Zhang instituted in1992 was a 20-day military training stint, mandatory for all first-year students and designed to instill in them the rigor and perseverance Zhang believed they needed for an indispensable filmmaking enterprise. In the second year, students are dispatched to farms and factories throughout the country for a “rural experience...
Kidwai made her name at Morgan Stanley, which she joined in 1994 after a stint at ANZ Grindlay's Bank. At the time, Morgan's operations in India were relatively small. She engineered a joint venture with investment bank JM Financials, making the resulting firm one of the largest in that industry in India. She also aggressively pursued opportunities in technology, nabbing the accounts of Wipro and Infosys, among others, and brokered a joint venture between AT&T and two conglomerates, owned by the Birla and Tata families, to create a telecom company offering cellular service throughout India...
...York City-born comedian and actor who played, with hilarious but heartbreaking pungency, the perfect small-town sap in two classic 1944 Preston Sturges comedies, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero; in Montclair, N.J. His 70-year show-biz career included a Tony-nominated stint opposite Carol Channing in Broadway's Hello, Dolly!; a recurring guest role on TV's The Golden Girls; and appearances in the films National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and Rookie of the Year...
...course, the program does offer unique benefits. In general, it’s a convenient and hassle-free method of acquiring a teaching position. TFA also prides itself on its training process, which includes six weeks of courses, and a stint teaching summer school in the Bronx. Johnson, who now teaches sixth-grade Social Studies in Compton, Calif., notes TFA’s ongoing support through alumni meetings. The training and alumni network are all attractive benefits, but the program’s vision is its most attractive feature. Chatterjee, who teaches high school chemistry in Newark, N.J., explains...
Confused? Don’t be. Prasse-Freeman has always been about more than just what goes on the hardwood, and his six-week stint in Thailand this past summer provided him an opportunity to combine his sense of social justice with thesis field research...