Word: flagships
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other co-chair. The department’s initial 13 to 16 faculty members—who have yet to be named—will retain ties to their current faculties, but its headquarters will be stationed across the river in the Allston campus’ flagship science complex. The department will also conduct a search for three junior faculty members and plans to eventually expand still further...
Only last spring, Skocpol’s candidacy showed some promise when she rose to the top of Interim President Derek C. Bok’s list of potential candidates to lead Harvard’s flagship school, according to the sources. But when Bok floated Skocpol’s candidacy among faculty members and top administrators, he encountered strong resistance that forced him to reconsider, the individuals said...
Only last spring, Skocpol’s candidacy seemed promising when she rose to the top of Interim President Derek C. Bok’s list of potential candidates to lead Harvard’s flagship school, according to the sources. But when Bok floated Skocpol’s candidacy among faculty members and top administrators, he encountered strong resistance that forced him to reconsider, the individuals said...
There's an alternative, though. As Tyndall notes, the networks--which still have a bigger news audience than cable--may find a future online. But to make that transition, they'll have to be open to changing their flagship evening shows, even shrinking them by losing longtime viewers with shocks to the system like Couric. They may have to die a little to be reborn. I don't blame evening-news stalwarts for spending their evenings with Charlie. But if they love their network news, they should keep their fingers crossed for Katie...
...Airbus outsold its archrival Boeing for the first time, sparking a mood of triumphalism for those who saw the four-nation consortium as a model of European industrial cooperation. Today Airbus workers are demonstrating, and financial losses are mounting as a result of disastrous snafus that have delayed its flagship new plane. Cooperation? Major private shareholders of parent company EADS can't dump their shares fast enough. And to complicate matters, jousting among its government shareholders--exacerbated by the French presidential elections--is casting doubt on a restructuring plan that includes 10,000 job cuts across Europe, a measure agreed...