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...learning to maneuver the 8-lb. clunkers wasn't. I feebly pushed myself along bike paths in Central Park, attracting plenty of gawkers--no small feat among seen-it-all-before Manhattanites. But I could barely move. When I tried to push off as I would with a normal pair of skates, the thick rubber wheels dragged across the ground. So I switched to a cross-country stride, methodically rolling one foot straight ahead, then following with the other. After a few tries, I managed to whiz past the walkers but was still in a dead heat with the joggers...
...interpretation of the “University-Wide Statement of Rights and Responsibilities”—added recently by the University’s governing boards—makes explicit that unauthorized occupations of University buildings disruptive to Harvard’s normal activity are unacceptable. The original policy was adopted as a result of the 1969 takeover of University Hall...
These managers view the recession as a classic opportunity to invest near the bottom--and with less money pouring in, those who do invest get better terms. Venture-capital managers who had been demanding fees equal to 30% of profits--up from the normal 20%--may not be so cocky going forward, notes Steven Galante, president of Asset Alternatives, a Wellesley, Mass., research firm. And for those who put their money in private equity, the corporate books allow the kind of transparency that stock-market investors crave post-Enron. To secure seed money for start-ups and spin-offs, companies...
...dynamic Henson is a faculty member in the department of hip-hop at Broadway Dance Center in New York and the winner of several MTV Video Music Awards for choreography. But even with all this experience with professional dancers, Henson’s video features “normal people” movin’ and groovin’ to the tunes of Britney Spears’ “Crazy,” ’N Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye” and Jordan Knight’s “Give...
...noticed a surprising change in the behavior of his male and female colleagues. "They developed an increased level of camaraderie that was hard to explain," he says. There were smiles, eye contact and increased approachability until the skin extracts were removed, at which point the group reverted to normal behavior...