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...mosques, and the British just did not. And some businesses make the same mistake, according to George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR, an intelligence firm in Austin, Texas. "The expat community in Iran missed the fall of the Shah. In Russia they missed the fall of communism," he says. "They tend to rely too much on their personal contacts. They think, 'If I know the Shah's brother-in-law, I'm well connected, and I know what's going on in the country.'" The story of oil development in the Caucasus, Friedman adds, "is littered with companies that thought they...
...Later in the year, we could see a real surprise," says analyst Chris Chaney at A.G. EDWARDS. "Someone like Intel could come in with a big order for new equipment." Chaney favors the equipment makers, which he views as better values than the chipmakers. The equipment companies' shares also tend to be earlier movers, because chipmakers must buy more equipment before they can produce more chips...
...extreme. The Harvard Corporation chooses its own members subject to the approval of the Board of Overseers, which in turn is chosen by the alumni. And there are certainly many issues facing the University on which a formal consultative role for students, if not full participation, would tend to produce better decisions. Curricular structures, discipline policies, the allocation of space, the social environment of the College—students clearly have an interest in these matters, as well as first-hand experience that would contribute to Harvard’s deliberations. Current students are far more likely than Faculty subcommittees...
Male genes tend to favor quick growth under the theory that bigger is always better, Tilghman said. Female genes, on the other hand, favors quantity of offspring over size...
...tend to repeat successful events, but this was very taxing in terms of work for planning, much more so than say, our dance, which garnered more profits,” IMPACT President Laura P. Perry ’04 wrote in an e-mail. “It will depend on the feeling of the board next year...