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...more strident, hitting even CEOs like Jean-Pierre Garnier and Christopher Gent, who have finally begun to heave their stock prices in the right direction. But at least they had a chance to start before being attacked - on Thursday, Britain's National Association of Pension Funds launched a preemptive strike on the drugstore chain Boots' plan to pay its new CEO a guaranteed bonus, saying that until bosses prove they can bring home the bacon for shareholders, they don't deserve any fat for themselves...
...killers of Zoran Djindjic, it turns out, had quite a plan. It started with the death of the Serbian Prime Minister on March 12, but did not end there. After the Djindjic hit, the conspirators planned to lie low while the government teetered; then they would strike again - first Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic, then two top Djindjic aides. As panic spread, the special forces unit known as the Red Berets - some of whose commanders carried out the Djindjic murder - would step forward, posing as guardians of the peace. They would urge calm, and dispatch letters to local politicians and foreign...
When granting Faculty paid leave, the University must strike a careful balance. Everyone wins when professors are given time to devote themselves to important research and stave off burnout before returning to regular teaching—everyone, that is, except the undergraduate students who are unable to study under them. With a well-crafted leave policy, this wouldn’t be a problem; though there would always be professors absent from the community at any given time, the vast majority would still be enriching Harvard by teaching undergraduates. Under such a system, no more than a few professors...
...accepting his award, Lewis said last night that Harvard must be careful to strike an appropriate balance between diversity and unity to avoid becoming “a pureed politically correct soup...
Returning home, he joined the repertory theater run by his father—and eventually decided to strike...