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...fact, it can be hard to find anyone in Kuala Lumpur who seriously thinks that the headstrong Mahathir?who thumbed his nose at the world during the Asian crisis by imposing currency controls, a move even his critics now grudgingly concede probably shielded the country from the social dislocation seen in some Asian neighbors?has abandoned his cherished head start program for Malays. "He definitely wants the emergence of the Malay capitalist," says Megat Najmuddin Khas, who heads the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance. "There is nothing wrong with the policy," Megat argues?as long as the right people...
...actress - her 1988 Broadway stage appearance in David Mamet's Speed the Plow caused New York magazine's John Simon to grumble that "she could afford to pay for a few acting lessons." Her most successful movies are those in which she played supporting roles that traded on her headstrong image, like 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan or 1992's A League of Their Own. When she took the lead the films flopped - 1986's Shanghai Surprise cost $17 million and grossed less than $2.5 million. (1996's Evita, which bagged her a Golden Globe, did much better, but that...
Kirby’s personality will be an important asset in a position that requires a tactful yet strong leader. His personable, congenial manner will serve the Faculty well, and his collegial approach may act as a needed buffer between a headstrong University President and Harvard’s professors. Kirby appears well equipped to tackle the most pressing issues facing Harvard undergraduates...
West is playing an ugly game. He would prefer that the petty bickering of two headstrong academics be seen as a parable about a white power structure uniting to silence a noble black truth-teller. That might satisfy some of his apparently endless penchant for self-pity, but it threatens to poison legitimate racial progress at a university he claims to love...
Written by first-time author and longtime educator Arch Montgomery, Hank is the first installment in The Gunpowder Trilogy. It details a summer in the life of the eponymous hero, Hank Collins, growing up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. Headstrong and precocious, he witnesses the dissolution of his family and faces challenges great and small on his lonely journey to maturity...