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...understand how the foreign financial institutions got so deeply involved with Parmalat, it's important to appreciate the hype surrounding the company a decade ago. During the 1990s, it was one of the hottest firms in Italy. Tanzi, 66, was a legendary figure, revered for building a world-class company from scratch through hard work and innovation. Soon after founding Parmalat as a dairy company in 1961, he embraced a new pasteurization technology that allowed milk to stay fresh for months without refrigeration. He discovered the power of sports marketing and plastered the Parmalat name on events ranging from World...
Several visits to the management company’s offices in Boston over the past two months appeared to confirm at least the thrust of Meyer’s assessment. The management company, however embattled, is still a world-class investment firm at the top of its game. And with a 10-year record essentially unparalleled among institutional investors, Harvard’s endowment managers clearly have cause for their contentment...
...opportunities here at Harvard are unparalleled. The opportunity to learn from world-class professors. The opportunity to study in renowned libraries. The opportunity to meet the most intelligent students of our generation. Helping you take advantage of these opportunities will take a combination of experience and vision that only our ticket offers...
Houston did have its time to shine though and that time came during the diving events. The Cougars boast two world-class divers, Azul Almazan and Anna Kleis, who have both brought home numerous awards and honors for the Houston team. Both divers have qualified and competed in NCAA Championships. Almazan even competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney for her home country of Mexico and placed 13th in the three-meter dive event...
Tennis hopeful Jamie Hunt, 16, felt he could not become a world-class junior player while attending a regular school. The international circuit has players on the road 50% of the time--and it's hard to focus on your backhand when you're worrying about being on time for homeroom. So last year Hunt, who hones his ground strokes at Elite TNT Tennis Academy in April Sound, Texas, enrolled for academics in the $9,750-a-year University of Miami Online High School (UMOHS), a virtual school that caters to athletes. "The online school gives me the flexibility...