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...stunt quickly grows into something more—a mission to extract from Nixon the confession he never gave to the American people. “Tricky Dick,” on the other hand, hopes to use this appearance on national television—his first since his resignation??to rehabilitate his reputation. Squaring off against the experienced television personality, Nixon proves a better showman than his interlocutor. An enigmatic Langella resists caricature; each viewer will leave the theater with a different impression of a man who is at once charismatic, boring, conniving, sympathetic, unflappable, and vulnerable...
According to local political observers, the departure of Galluccio and Sullivan could benefit David P. Maher—a former city councillor currently filling the vacancy created by Sullivan’s resignation??and Edward J. Sullivan, the cousin of the current councillor...
...This is the second time in two years that faculty members anticipate the appointment of a permanent dean. In the wake of Kirby’s January 2006 forced resignation??an event that contributed to Summers’s fall weeks later—professors assisting in the search for Kirby’s replacement wanted a long-lasting leader who could bring a renewed vision to the office...
...This is the second time in two years that faculty members anticipate the appointment of a permanent dean. In the wake of Kirby’s January 2006 forced resignation??an event that contributed to Summers’s fall weeks later—professors assisting in the search for Kirby’s replacement wanted a long-lasting leader who could bring a renewed vision to the office...
Rumsfeld and Summers, who was Treasury secretary under President Clinton from 1999 to 2001, have served as cabinet officials in different administrations for opposing political parties, but the two have a lot in common. Both faced calls for their resignation??for Summers, from professors; for Rumsfeld, from retired generals. And both blamed the tumult on small segments of those two constituencies. But Rumsfeld ultimately found greater support from his boss when President Bush said he was "exactly what is needed." Summers, by contrast, lost the backing of several members of the Harvard Corporation, the University?...