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This type of commission is not uncommon in the wake of such a large calamity, according to Kennedy School Professor Herman “Dutch” B. Leonard ’74, who specializes in crisis management...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar and Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Murray To Draw Upon Management Skills in BP Oil Spill Commission | 6/22/2010 | See Source »

...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically un-concerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...

Author: By A Grader | Title: A Grader’s Response | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

...have a greater diversity of products than Pinkberry does,” Kaeding said. “We have very uncommon flavors you’re not going to find anywhere else, like cucumber...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pinkberry May Open in Square | 4/28/2010 | See Source »

...capable of and how successful she will undoubtedly be,” says close friend and blockmate J. Jack Cutmore-Scott ’10, also an actor and OFA award recipient. “She brings a level of professionalism to both rehearsals and performances that is uncommon in student theatre...

Author: By Victoria J. Benjamin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Talisa Friedman '10 | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

Schuyler is notable because she is willing to speak openly about the interplay of gender and power at Harvard final clubs. But her experience is not uncommon. The dominance of single-sex social institutions creates a variety of unsavory consequences for many women across this campus...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long Overdue | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

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