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...acquisition coincided with a change in NBC's fortunes: the mid-1980s found the network regaining its game, debuting The Cosby Show in 1984, followed by hits like The Golden Girls and Miami Vice in 1985. It rode that wave of success well into the 1990s, when the network's famed Must-See TV bloc on Thursday nights, anchored by the smash hits Friends and Seinfeld, made NBC dominant in the ratings anew...
After leading the school through a wave of budget cuts earlier this year, Light, who joined the Business School faculty 40 years ago, said that it was a good time to step down...
...withdrawal is an invitation for the Taliban to lie low until we leave: "They simply won't do that," says Leslie H. Gelb, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations. "If you stand down, you allow the enemy - even this inept Afghan government - to create a bow-wave effect, to create the impression of authority and security. The Taliban aren't stupid...
...overseen a $600 million capital campaign for the Business School, the complete renovation of the school's Baker Library, and the introduction of the 2+2 program, which allows students to apply to HBS after their junior year of college, as well as leading the school through a wave of budget cuts earlier this year. Light has been at the helm of the business school since being named interim dean in August 2005. He assumed the position on a permanent basis in April...
...these results hold up, treating loneliness should involve more than individual therapy for patients. It requires addressing larger, society-based issues. "People are not going to realize that there is almost a wave of loneliness that is being propagated by people two or three connections removed from them," says Dr. Richard Suzman, director of the division of behavioral and social research at the National Institute on Aging, which funded the study. "This does suggest that one has got to look at both the network and individual simultaneously when you try to repair what seems to be a cascading, spiraling descent...