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...their best, Finder's books are pure wish fulfillment. Like a romance novel promising true love, Killer Instinct moves you deliciously close to the corner office. That's a locale that has allure for Finder. "From time to time, I'll interview a CEO or a CFO or someone at the top of an organization, and I'll think, You know something? I could do this," he says. And why not? He's already written the script...
...they were accepted without an application. We also accepted several other students based on their applications and/or on recommendations by members of the faculty, administrators, and the SAB, as well as the applicants’ references. We then interviewed several hundred students. The applications this year were superb; I wish we could appoint all 480 students who applied. Rising sophomores and juniors will have another opportunity next year to become part of the program.We did not accept or reject anyone simply on the basis of a single recommendation of any one faculty member, administrator, or SAB member. Four...
...entire issue deserves commendation, but I especially thank you for the tribute to the Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash written by NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. I have often wanted to send off a note to Nash thanking him for his positive attitude and example, and I wish I could personally know him. To have had the article authored by Barkley must have been really meaningful for Nash. (The Rev.) Bill Albright Macungie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Joel Stein's "Meet the other 100" gave me a great idea: to make a list of the people who matter most...
...Dylan reveled in all forms of excoriation. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" begins with a high wail that follows advice with threat: "You must leave now, take what you need you think will last. / But whatever you wish to keep, you'd better grab it fast." By the end of the verse, his voice has dropped an octave to whisper, "And it's all over now, Baby Blue." We also adopted Dylan's dismissal of the clueless - "Something is happening but you don't know what it is, / Do you, Mr. Jones?" - in "Ballad of a Thin...
...place like Harvard.”Ryan A. Petersen ’08, the chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee and the sponsor of the UC’s statement, said he appreciated Bok’s willingness to meet but that he wished the incoming president had run possible candidates by the students.“Student opinion does have merit in talking about some of the more confidential issues and can be trusted to do so,” Petersen said on Monday.‘A GENEROUS INSTITUTIONALIST’While Knowles received...