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...That’s where many of us draw the line—especially Harvard football fans. When we hear those words, whether we are casual or die-hard, our tongues are quickly mobilized as we fire off standout surnames. Ten years ago, it was Birk. Five years ago, Fitzpatrick. Then the illustrious Dawson. Football stars who made it from the Crimson’s biggest stage to the Sunday night lights of the National Football League...
...Perlow, a professor of leadership at the Business School and the lead author on the study, worked closely with several offices of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) over the course of four years. The researchers mandated “predictable time off” for employees to determine whether or not change was possible in the “always-on” culture of the American workplace. Though Perlow said she did not have definite expectations when she launched the study, the results—increased communication among employees, better planning and streamlining of tasks, and in some instances...
...first time. I'm told the Secretaries of both State and Defense and National Security Adviser Jim Jones warily favor the military's request for more troops. But Vice President Joe Biden and, perhaps, the President remain skeptics - and rightly so, since any military policy depends on whether the Afghan government can regain some credibility after the flagrantly corrupt August elections. If Hamid Karzai limps into a second term but does not make some major reforms - like removing his brother from power in Kandahar province - we will not have the legitimate local government that the military's counterinsurgency strategy requires...
...involvement, and the role played by Germany, there would be no Lisbon Treaty now," Perthes says. But if that's the cornerstone of Merkel's foreign policy, she could see her legacy crumble less than a week after the German polls, when Ireland holds a second referendum on whether to accept or reject the treaty on Oct. 2. Another no vote would kill the treaty. As Merkel has come to know all too well, it's one thing to make deals. It's quite another to get them implemented...
...Setting ultimatums with deadlines is exactly the approach avoided by Obama during his nine months in office - whether regarding his stimulus package, health-care reform or tricky diplomatic challenges with Russia and the Middle East. Sarkozy, by contrast, has been a ferocious critic of Iran. Just three months after his May 2007 election, for example, Sarkozy said the specter of a "nuclear-armed Iran is for me unacceptable" and such an eventuality would present a "catastrophic alternative: the Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran." In his Wednesday-night TV interview, Sarkozy warned that while "Iran has the right...