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Scott Pelley The 60 Minutes Wednesday correspondent is an ace reporter, but he may have hurt himself with comments to the New YorkObserver that seemed to disparage Roberts...
...first retirement a dozen years ago, the NBA has searched from Chi-town to China for a star as dominant and marketable as His Airness. The contenders have bounced off magazine covers and TV commercials: Anfernee (Penny) Hardaway, Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant. Some got hurt, others committed off-court fouls. Or they were simply overrated...
After 9/11, the U.S. government was criticized for not anticipating the lengths terrorists would go to in their efforts to hurt us. Since then, the Bush Administration seems unable to appreciate how simple words or careless acts can tip the balance of world opinion. The President's flatfooted response to the tsunami disaster is an example. Handed the perfect p.r. opportunity to demonstrate compassion for Muslims and other non-Christians in the developing world, Bush took his time before personally responding to the disaster. And when he finally spoke out, he was petulant about criticism of the U.S. for being...
...actively courting. As a letter from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Standing Committee on Women notes, Summers’ comments would “impede our current efforts to recruit top women scholars” to the University. Many female science students were also offended and hurt by his suggestion, and over fifty professors have signed a letter criticizing his remarks...
...join the Kellogg board, where he became one of the more vocal advocates of the turnaround strategy. Kellogg had been suffering at the hands of consumers who were flocking to cheaper cereals--or finding other things to eat altogether. The company's initial reaction was to discount, which only hurt the bottom line more. At the core of Gutierrez's fix-it strategy was a shift in financial goals: instead of focusing on the number of pounds of product sold, executives started looking at performance in terms of dollars. As a result, the company put increased emphasis on more expensive...