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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
Careers in writing and business were foreshadowed early for T. A. (Tom) Barron (MBA '80). When he was nine years old, growing up in Harvard, Massachusetts, he produced a humor magazine, The Idiot's Odyssey, which he peddled to the public...
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Thomas Frick
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
humor and energy for action. “After my accident,” she says, “I got notes from people in the disability community saying, ‘Heard about your accident — great news for us!' I think what they were saying was, ‘With the help of this national...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
Unable to attend this year's Cyberposium because of the impending birth of his first child, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivered the February event's keynote address from Seattle. Appearing on a large video screen in Burden Auditorium, Bezos spoke with...
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- 04 Sep 2019
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Funny Business
belt, Friedman, who has also published humor pieces in the New Yorker, is now a staff writer for Showtime’s Desus & Mero—the “Bodega Boys” duo known for rapid-fire riffs on current events and pop culture. Here, she offers a quick glimpse...
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Julia Hanna
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Credits - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
alone. My assistants, Martha Heckman and Richard McNally, typed, checked citations, ordered supplies, cut mats, and suggested a title. Above all, their enthusiasm and sense of humor throughout made our work a pleasure." © President and...
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TALK: How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life - Course Catalog
manage topics effectively. Asking: in which we learn how to ask and answer questions well. Levity: in which we aim to balance humor and warmth with gravity. Kindness: in which we remind ourselves to speak respectfully, engage receptively...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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Warren Law Remembered
Warren excelled at teaching by the case method, he was also an excellent speaker in all kinds of forums. He was famous for a sense of humor and wry delivery that reminded people of Will Rogers at his best.” Warren Aubrey Law was born in...
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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
two-year-old, name-your-price discount site gaining fame of late with humorous ads featuring pitchman William Shatner. Both companies have grown rapidly since entering the online market, and with consolidation already under way...
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Margie Kelly
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Class Day & Commencement
(BGIE), Associate Professor Das Narayandas (Marketing), and Associate Professor Frances Frei (TOM), who also won the award last year. Next up was Student Speaker Brendan McGeever (MBA ’03), whose humorous address touched on the subtext of...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Letters to the Editor
Marshall-ing the Facts with Marty While reading the remembrance of Professor Martin Marshall in the June Bulletin, I recalled a humorous but “typically Marty” happening that I witnessed while attending OPM in the late 1980s. The case...
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- 01 Aug 2001
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Class Day and Commencement 2001
relocated from nearby Aldrich Lawn due to construction of the new Hawes Hall classroom building, tradition otherwise prevailed in the form of beautiful weather, wise and humorous speeches, and an enthusiastic crowd of MBA graduates (some...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
INK: The Bookshelf
You don’t need to be trained in theater to present well. You don’t need to have the humor of Jerry Seinfeld or the looks of Brad Pitt or the stage presence of Taylor Swift. You simply need to think logically, prepare diligently, and speak...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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Honoring HBS’s Organization Men
their fieldwork with a number of independent companies. In a humorous aside, Lawrence noted that the book’s French publisher had translated its subtitle into Managing Differentiation or Integration, not “and,” as written. Yet “making an...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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Peter W. Olson: By the Book
sense of humor at all times. "We have an unusually talented team of publishers," he says. "They're very individualistic and very challenging. As a result, I have the most interesting job I could imagine." When Olson graduated from Harvard...
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- 28 Feb 2011
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Rebooting the Human Condition
visionaries and doers that focuses on creativity, imagination, and Next Big Things. At the 2009 conference, in a talk of 18 minutes (the maximum time allowed for all TED speakers), Enriquez explained clearly and humorously how...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
showed how an audience is impressed and won over if the magician “goofs” the first time (e.g., guessing the three of clubs rather than the seven of spades) only to recover through humorous and seemingly Herculean mental effort to get it...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs
presentations. Kawasaki's wry observations of the current business scene were relayed with self-deprecating humor and great panache. His list of the "Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs" included: In year three, we're going to do $75 million...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
Alumni Books The Boat House Café: Book One of First Light by Linda Cardillo (MBA 1978) (Bellastoria Press LLP) A novel set on Martha’s Vineyard. Buffoonery on Woodhouse Avenue by Bob Garland (PMD 20, 1970) (Gabbrolandbooks) The fourth in a series of View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
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HBS Honors Four Alumni
“What is wisdom?” With Burden Hall packed with an audience of first-year MBA students, the honorees at the September event rose to the challenge and did not disappoint with their responses to that and other related questions. Couching their remarks in equal measures of...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
of business operations support, the plucky British expatriate recounts her "life's ups and downs," as she puts it, with humor and grace. One of Barron's first setbacks came in the late 1960s, when she arrived in the United States as a...
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Nancy O. Perry