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...issue at stake is not just that monoliths like the Holyoke Center spoil the views of students and tourists alike. It must also be recognised that, melodramatic as it may sound, these ugly, dated edifices drastically reduce the quality of life for many Harvard students. Even the most laid-back diner will agree that it is infinitely more pleasant to grab a snack in the Barker Center’s Rotunda Café with its wood floors and airy feel than it is to sit in the psuedo-Soviet drabness that is the Greenhouse in the Science Center. There...
...Springfield, Mo., is openness of information and decision making. Springfield Remanufacturing started in 1983 when 13 supervisors took on heavy debt to buy a division of International Harvester that rebuilt big-vehicle engines. Stack argued that the company's only chance was for every worker to have a stake in its success and understand its finances...
...National Center for Employee Ownership, says workers "don't necessarily have to have a vote on the board. What's really important is to have an influence on the way you do your day-to-day job." In exchange for that little bit of power and a stake in using it well, most workers will do whatever they can for their company...
...only finding out about problems like this after the fact, increased substantive oversight would prevent researchers from neglecting the rights of their subjects. No harm to the Chinese subjects has been reported in this case, but greater scrutiny must be given to projects in which the University has a stake. Harvard’s interest should never endanger the welfare of research subjects...
...commander more comfortable with tactical improvisation than grand strategic visions. His preferred method is to change the "facts on the ground," creating new faits accompli that develop a life of their own and change the terms of grand strategic debate. That's the rationale for the settlement movement - to stake an Israeli claim on the lands captured in 1967 by simply seizing them and setting down roots rather than awaiting the outcome of any negotiations. Today the fate of those same settlements is a key point of contention in Israeli-Palestinian relations...