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When defending the boldness of the Marshall Plan 50 years ago, Senator Arthur Vandenberg observed that it does little good to extend a 15-foot rope to a man drowning 20 feet away. Similarly, we cannot achieve our objectives in Bosnia by doing just enough to avoid immediate war. We must do all we can to help the people of Bosnia to achieve permanent peace...
...pressure led to a shake-up last October, when McDonald's CEO and chairman Michael Quinlan brought in Greenberg. He carries an unlikely pedigree--he was an attorney and accountant at Arthur Young who moved over to his client, McDonald's, as chief financial officer in 1982. He spent lots of time building the financial structures needed for the company's overseas development, but has little experience in burger warfare. That's part of his charm. "I don't feel defensive," he says...
...trustees helped to boost the organization's finances by soliciting contributions from alumni at a posh New York cocktail party. The event was attended by the likes of Robert Bly '50, Louis Begley '54, Norman K. Mailer '43, Conan C. O'Brien '85 and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38; alumni gave $50,000 to the Advocate...
Others to be honored include epidemiologist William H. Foege (Doctor of Science); Class Day speaker and music producer Quincy D. Jones Jr. (Doctor of Music); playwright Arthur Miller (Doctor of Letters); Princeton geophysicist W. Jason Morgan (Doctor of Science); and economist Janet L. Norwood (Doctor of Laws...
...Arthur Miller...