No. 78307 By Harry Levinson The Abrasive Personality The corporate president stared out the window of his skyscraper office. His forehead was furrowed in anger and puzzlement. His fingers drummed the arm of his chair with a speed that signified intense frustration. The other executives in the room waited expectantly. Each had said his piece. Each had come to his and her own conclusion about the problem. Darrel Sandstrom‚ vice president of one of the corporation’s major divisions‚ was
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As young men born in the same year (1955)‚ they set out from the same starting point‚ but with radically different personalities. In the early days of personal computers‚ both dropped out of college and launched their own businesses. Of the two‚ the late Steve Jobs was always the quick‚ live-for-the-moment hare‚ while Bill Gates was the dispassionate‚ lawyerly‚ bide-your-time tortoise. For two decades‚ the race between the two went according to script‚ with the hare jumping out to a huge early
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Cited: Page Warner‚ Sam B. Jr. “Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston‚ 1870-1900.” Harvard University Press and the M.I.T. Press. Cambridge Massachusetts: 1962. Web. 9 Feb. 2014.
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Irving Fisher - His Life Fisher was born in New York state in 1867. He studied science and philosophy at Yale. Here he had a wide variety of interests. For example‚ he published poetry and works on astronomy‚ mechanics‚ and geometry. Despite all of these interests‚ Fisher was most interested in mathematics and economics. Yale did not have an Economics Department at the time. Regardless‚ Fisher continued with his interests and earned the first Ph.D. in economics ever awarded by Yale. Fisher stayed
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falling. Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14‚ 1894 in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ in his family ’s home‚ within an extremely short distance of Harvard (Dreams 9). His word usage and literary abilities were garnered at a young age from his parents. His father Edward was a professor (in fact‚ the first professor of sociology at Harvard) and a Unitarian minister and his mother Rebecca utilized reading poetry and stories to her children. His father ’s strong voice and use of wordplay from
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does that with anyone. We soon learn about Will’s past of being abused and how he was in many foster homes. Over the next few months‚ Will becomes romantically involved with Skyler‚ a student at Harvard University who has decided to go Medical School at Stanford University in California. Skyler falls in love with Will‚ and wants him to go with her to California‚ but Will is too scared to become so emotionally close to another person‚ and scared to leave Boston. This is because he
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Indians and convert them to the Christian faith. Instead‚ Wright claims that colonial colleges used the guile of educating and converting Indians to perpetrate their own success. In support of his claim‚ Wright referenced the Virginia Company‚ Harvard‚ William and Mary‚ and Dartmouth; all of which‚ he argued‚ used the contrived cause of Indian missions as a way to obtain funds from England. The Virginia Company began in 1609 as a mandate by King James I with a charter to fulfill England’s aim
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referring to when he said that. The Under Secretary’s main purpose of going into the hotel was to meet a former Harvard classmate‚ Mr. Browning. The Under Secretary and Mr.Browning have history together‚ they were former class mates back when they attended Harvard. It is clearly shown that there was rivalry between the two back then. Browning was a part of an elite group of Harvard‚ the Procellian Club. It seems as if the under secretary was never considered because he was a little man with not
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“9” by E.E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings was a unique poet with an equally unique writing style. E.E. Cummings was born on October 14th‚ 1894 in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. In 1916‚ Cummings graduated with a master’s degree from Harvard University. During his studies‚ he was subject to many great writers such as Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound. After working for five months as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I‚ he was captured by French authorities. He was accused on accounts of espionage
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9-502-083 R E V: D E C E M B E R 16‚ 2002 YO U N G ME M OON Inside Intel Inside1 It was February 2002‚ and Pamela Pollace‚ vice president and director of Intel’s worldwide marketing operations‚ finished reviewing some recent market research and began preparing for an interview with a major magazine. Intel Corporation developed and sold a variety of products and services that were used as the building blocks for numerous electronic devices. The company was most well
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