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...think so, although quite honestly, in spite of the fact that it's obviously occupied a lot of my time, I've tried hard to make sure the academic part of the enterprise was about half of my job--even at the height of the campaign. Otherwise one might feel disconnected...So if fundraising is 30 to 35, 20 to 25 percent of the job...it should not get up into an area where it's taking up most of your time...That would be a terrible mistake. I don't think there's a necessity for another capital campaign...
...will raise a glass to my small group of friends, who far better than I, have managed to navigate these past four years with their sense of philanthropy and optimism intact. Whatever good, they, or I, accomplish in the world, will not be because of Harvard, but rather in spite...
Sunday's announcement marks another step in the continuing civic rehabilitation of thalidomide, which was banned decades ago after its widespread use as an anti-morning sickness medication was linked to horrible birth defects. In spite of lingering public distaste for the drug, the FDA in 1998 approved it as a treatment for leprosy, and the ASCO findings could plant the seeds for future approvals. While its effectiveness as a weapon against various illnesses is no longer in question, the rigors of a clinical trial will pale in comparison to the public's vivisection of thalidomide's risks. "People harbor...
Suzanne Guy earned the start--her first since the three-hit shutout against Dartmouth that won the Ivy title. But in spite of her stellar Ivy play, she was unable to last the first inning against the Sooners...
...markets on his firm hand, says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl, and a full half-point hike was the only way for Greenspan to reward that confidence now. "The markets were worried for a moment that the Fed was behind the curve, but Greenspan realizes that in spite of all the tapping of brakes with the five quarter-point hikes, the economy seems impervious." And when the economy gets impervious, the Fed gets worried about inflation...