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Oldenburg, who was elected at the March meeting, will assume his post after Commencement. He will succeed Sharon E. Gagnon as the head of Harvard's second-oldest governing body just as Summers prepares to move into Mass. Hall...
...continued giving Fineberg the benefit of a doubt. His interviews had gone very well, and he had successfully pitched the committee on his plans to revamp the College. He had given his entire life to Harvard, teaching, administration and fund-raising. It seemed only natural progression for him to succeed to Mass. Hall. But, alas, as the ultimate insider, there was nothing Fineberg could do to create a "wow" factor for the University...
...first rule of artistic survival is to leave a large mass of output when you die--though this, mercifully in some cases, does not always succeed. Vermeer painted very little--or at least very few of his paintings have survived. The present count is about 34. And because his work had little influence on younger artists, and wasn't much written about even in Holland until the early 19th century, and was seen by so few people, it languished. His reputation didn't really revive until the late 19th century, helped (as old painting so often is) by enthusiasms...
...rather than pulling cables, to maneuver the plane) and adopt virtually uniform cockpits for its entire fleet (thereby lowering the cost of pilot training). And Airbus often sells its jets for less than comparable Boeing models. "I'm a red-blooded American, and I want to see our side succeed," says David Neeleman, CEO of the New York-based start-up airline JetBlue. "But I had to go with the better product for the price." He has ordered more than 80 of the popular single-aisle A320s for his fleet. Decisions like that helped Airbus garner 48% of the market...
...idea who might be named to succeed Freeh...