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...predecessor, IOP Student Advisory Committee President Elizabeth M. Grosso ’08 said she could see differences between Leach, a legislator, and Shaheen, a former governor. Shaheen was always thinking ahead to the implementation of policy, Grosso said.Shaheen said the IOP was lucky to have Leach as her successor, but she added that she had not worked with him closely enough to describe the differences in their leadership.—Staff writer David K. Hausman can be reached at dhausman@fas.harvard.edu...
...sure, every top communist leader since Mao Zedong has wielded less and less individual power and has been forced to seek consensus on important decisions. Hu is no exception and had to make compromises. He failed, for example, to name Li Keqiang, his favored candidate, as sole successor. Indeed, Li trailed Xi onto the podium Monday, confirming a belief among analysts that, for the moment at least, Xi has a slight edge in the race to lead China. (If previous practice is followed and no unforeseen events intervene, Xi will succeed Hu at the 18th Party Congress in 2012, while...
...Huang Jing, a senior fellow in foreign-policy studies at the Washington-based Brookings Institution points out, Hu recognized some time ago that he didn't have enough power to name his successor. Instead, he has concentrated on strengthening his authority to ensure that his policies - the ongoing drive against corruption, for example, or efforts to improve mine safety or environmental protection - have some chance of being implemented, rather than simply receiving lip service. The issue is extremely urgent, Huang and other analysts say. China's leaders face a daunting series of challenges including rising inflationary pressure, swelling bubbles...
...last time there was a College dean search, then-Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby drew criticism for consulting few students before he chose Benedict H. Gross ’71. Now, in the search for Gross’s successor, Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith seems to be taking a more inclusive approach as he meets with an undergraduate advisory committee. The 31-member undergraduate committee—made up of representatives appointed from each of the Houses, the freshman class, and the Undergraduate Council—spoke with Smith over dinner...
...stance - first stated when he was cardinal - that non-Catholic denominations of Christianity, excepting the Orthodox, are not true Churches because they cannot trace their hierachies back to the apostles. (The Orthodox, however, are a reduced Church because they do not recognize the primacy of the Apostle Peter's successor, the Pope.) It is as clear as ever that Benedict will not mince words in laying out his vision of what it means to be Catholic, even if it risks offending both those inside and outside his own Church...