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...Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English and American Literature and Language Patricia Powell, Elizabeth McCracken, A. Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen Vendler, W.E.B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. '60, Alphonse Flethcer Jr. University Professor Cornel West '74, Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy K. Anthony Appiah, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American Studies Werner Sollors and many others. And I didn't even begin to touch Harvard's vast resources...
...levels. Moreover, as fund investors chase short-term performance above all, only a select group of the top fund families, with brand names like Vanguard, Janus, Fidelity, Putnam and Alliance, are capturing the bulk of that new cash--and much of it is "automatic" in the form of 401(k) plans. That leaves hundreds of smaller players to fight for the scraps, according to Financial Research Corp. "There's a lot more risk now," says Jack Brennan, chairman of fund giant Vanguard, based in Valley Forge, Pa. "People may be looking for bigger, more seasoned names with a broader array...
...have no jobs at all. Some observers think that within a decade, more than half the 600 fund companies could disappear, as outfits with less than $50 billion in assets become ripe for the picking. With the big boys dominating the highly profitable institutional side of the business--401(k)s and other retirement plans--and much of the growth now coming from market appreciation, it will be hard for a second-tier player to shine...
...that the 740 students of Willard Elementary are broken up about it. The K-4 school is so old and overcrowded that Marion Stern teaches reading in a converted bathroom; Riel Sbar teaches special-needs kids in a hallway; and two other classes have been pushed into dusty corners of the basement. The acting principal, Dianne Scott, wears sneakers to hike to annexes No. 8 and No. 3, which are more than four blocks away, but hip waders would have been better during a storm on May 24. The playground flooded, and she had to pull two classes...
Kirkland resident Young K. Lee '99 says hisblock of 14 has come to be called "The Up withPeople Blocking Group" and "The AdmissionsFacebook Blocking Group" because they are suchtight friends to this day. Lee and his blockmatesfrequently eat dinner together, and last week theywere planning to take one last trip--to Martha'sVineyard--as a group...