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Anticipating the difficulty of persuading parents in this conservative society to send their children away to school, the academy sets strict rules governing relations between boys and girls: no kissing, no holding hands and no visiting one another's dorms...
...wanderlust, having new experiences: that is what I responded to.” Hirsch’s commitment to the film went further than adventure travel, however: in order to accurately depict McCandless’s emaciated state by the end of the film, he adhered to an extremely strict diet, losing 40 pounds. “There was something about Chris’ story that really moved me, that made me take the gravity of the situation: a family lost its son,” he said of his dedication to the character. “Carine (McCandless?...
...that speech in 1869, the man who would become Harvard’s longest-serving president set the course for the modern University, calling for a move away from its strict colonial roots...
...creating a very hot niche. One company turning rust into gold is Matcor, a corrosion-engineering firm in Doylestown, Pa. Specializing in cathodic protection, Matcor posted revenues of about $10 million in 2006 and annual growth from 25% to 30% over the past five years. U.S. government regulations with strict compliance measures require all newly laid oil and natural gas pipelines to have cathodic protection, says William Schutt, Matcor's president. But even more significant, he says, is the country's aging infrastructure--many pipelines were installed with more primitive cathodic protection a half-century ago. These older pipelines need...
Despite the demand for anticorrosion expertise, Schutt says the barriers to entering the field are rising because of clients' requirements for insurance, operator qualifications, strict quality control and a documented safety program. It's not surprising, then, that companies wanting to enter the fray see acquisition as a viable option. In early 2005, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), an independent Norwegian foundation that's a global provider of risk management, acquired CC Technologies (CCT), a corrosion-engineering company with a strong research division, based in Dublin, Ohio. With 2006 revenues of $20.6 million--a $10 million increase over its 2003 sales...