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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Gift of Gab
then delivered a prepared talk on a topic of their choice. Subjects ranged from the pharmaceutical industry to the relative merits of cats vs. dogs, while Kim’s presentation took a humorous yet thoughtful approach to lessons learned in...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Wizard to the Rescue
Just how much is the famous HBS brand worth? Quite a lot, it seems, from the humorous turn of events in this year’s HBS Show, The Wizard of Hawes. When Dean Clark takes HBS public, savvy students become overnight billionaires. But the...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
The Harvard Business School Campaign: Regional Events
gathering of alumni and friends at the Cleveland Regional Event. Nelson Lees (PMD 43, 1982) and Bert Baker (MBA 1984) shared some humor during a reception held at the Ritz-Carlton in Cleveland as part of The Harvard Business School...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables
representatives of this group who reflect on the challenges they have faced and — often with humor — place their professional accomplishments in the context of other activities that give meaning to their lives. Scott Cook John Doerr...
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- 01 Jun 2000
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The HBS Show Must Go On: "STARt-up WARS" Continues Tradition of Smash Hits
sixteen skits and popular songs with humorously altered lyrics in a satirical look at HBS life. The organizers borrowed money to produce the show, which ran for two nights in Baker 100. A sell-out hit, the HBS Show has since become an...
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Margie Kelley
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
understand how the world works, I'd better get a crash education in management and finance." HBS professor Jonathan Tiemann's class in finance changed everything. "I was a total idiot, with absolutely no experience in finance," says Merkl. "With his great View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
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 Jun 1997
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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 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
they prayed." HBS's answer to Leno and Letterman, Larry Klein (MBA '80), who fully intends to keep his day job as an investment advisor, has recently packaged that and some two hundred other jokes to help financial professionals add a View Details
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
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 Jun 2009
- News
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 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania
how the animals move — the humorous strut of the ostrich, the clumsy run of the hippo, the scamper of the mongoose. Leopards, buffalo, hyenas, rhinos, warthogs, monkeys, baboons, crocodiles, waterbucks, impalas, and pink flamingos also...
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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 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
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 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 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 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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