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...statement marking him as a terrorist. But U.S.F. president Judy Genshaft, buckling under pressure from conservative trustees, eventually fired al-Arian despite his being tenured. Congress had just passed the USA Patriot Act expanding federal powers to investigate terrorism suspects, which Attorney General John Ashcroft seized on as a tool to nail al-Arian. The act, which Congress is working to extend another four years, allowed FBI investigators access to FBI intelligence, which had been off-limits for building criminal cases. The intel files include wiretaps and other surveillance of al-Arian carried out abroad by Israeli agents...
Many advocates of CSR argue that to make it work financially, a do-good plan needs to have some connection to the mission of the business. "Don't do it as a reputation-management tool," says Hannah Jones, vice president for corporate responsibility at Nike. "Do it because it genuinely contributes to your business strategy...
...softer and did a wonderful job cleaning them," she says. As she prepared for a visit to her native Omaha, Neb., with her son, she asked herself, "Do I bring foot scrubbers for family and friends or pack the baby's clothes?" When she got eight orders for the tool, a business was born...
...family friend helped the couple find two small clans near Karachi whose women were able to make a sophisticated version of the foot tool. The Tharianis, who live in Omaha, have since added a Gilden Tree skin-care line to their company, but the Foot Scrubber--which sells about 100,000 units annually--is still their best-moving product, with a presence at Whole Foods, bath shops and spas...
...suggest you take the hardest courses that you can, because you learn the most when you challenge yourself,” Zuckerberg said. He also announced two forthcoming additions to his site: a collection of aggregate statistics about the members at each participating school and a tool to display degrees of friendship more specifically. Rather than asking users to rate their friendships on a scale of one to 10, the new feature will allow users to input descriptive statements about their relationships. (For instance: “I took CS50 with this person freshman year.”) During...