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...greatest hope we can entertain is that the new president does not effect any drastic changes at the University. Indeed, to ensure that she not interpret her mandate too widely, Dr. Faust would do well to heed the lesson of the similarly-named character in Marlowe’s tragedy—and not “practice more than heavenly power permits...
...this brings me to the final lesson leadership: Leaders cannot achieve success alone. As a famous general once said, “Ah, I am their leader, I really had to follow them.” All of us who care about the institution should make their contribution to the Faust presidency, and, in that sense, members and followers can join the leadership team...
...west, says Ko You Chan, Samsung's managing director for the western districts, usually expect a small gift when they make a major purchase. So Samsung liberally doles out free DVDs and other goodies. Result: sales of Samsung consumer electronics were up 50% in the region in 2006. The lesson, says Ko, is that "it's not easy to control everything from Beijing...
...That’s great. Unfortunately, by treating her subjects more like personalities in a melodramatic soap opera than distinguished writers, she does just the opposite. Cheever apparently wanted “Bloomsbury” to be a fun, accessible read—maybe more page-turner than history lesson. Instead of a spoonful-of-sugar intellectual discourse, however, Cheever’s style mocks her supposedly honored subjects with such prize sentiments as “Fuller was unafraid, unafraid of her own brilliance and not afraid to be bitchy.” Even the facts...
...Club seem to agree on: Neither uses, nor wants to use, their new office in the Student Organization Center, better known as the top floors of the Quad’s Hilles library. Whether you call Hilles a failure or a success waiting to happen, there is one clear lesson that the administration must take away from it: For students at Harvard, location matters more than anything else...