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...results did nothing to alter the balance on the renewal of Superintendent of Schools Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s contract, which will be one of the committee’s first actions upon taking office...
...dining hall this morning—you’ll see an absurd number of seniors in business suits hoping against hope that four years at Harvard is their golden ticket to the Upper East Side. Their stories are similar: born somewhere, achieved greatness, and had signing bonuses thrust upon them by Goldman, Sachs, Lehman, and other Jews. For them, quaint Cambridge has been either a brief respite from their childhood New York state of mind or else a warm-up for the World Series on the Hudson. Either way, they’ll swarm the platform at South Station...
...handful of Harvard students tried to convince their colleagues to sign a pledge upon graduation: “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work.” Fewer than one in five...
...Frenchman in 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, who first thought in terms of ‘American exceptionalism.’ Through decades and world wars, this term has endured: The United States, some argue, differs qualitatively from all other nations on earth. Built upon the three Lockean natural rights–life, liberty, and property–the 13 states became an enlightened republic, with an ever-expanding border and strong checks and balances to prevent tyranny. These days, the European Union (EU) is challenging that uniqueness with an even more ambitious expansion program...
...mailing their customers, and taking them out to dinners and karaoke where, like old-fashioned men, they usually pay for everything. Kyotaro, No. 2 at Top Dandy and one of the 20 finalists in the upcoming 2007 All Japan Host Grand Prix, says that the first thing he does upon waking each day is call and e-mail customers. The 24-year-old host, who earns $300,000 a year, goes out with customers almost every day, and schedules five dates every Sunday. Kyotaro says the key to success as a host is "how much time you can spend...