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Week of 18 September 1998 |
Vol. II, No. 6 |
In the News
Adil Najam, CAS assistant professor of international relations and a native of Pakistan, spoke candidly in the September 2 Boston Herald about the conflict between Pakistan and India over Kashmir. Discussing the option of Kashmir's independence, Nagam says, "My own guess is that if push comes to shove, both countries could live with this." After the recent confrontation over nuclear testing, he says, "both sides would like a face-saving way to end hostilities that have cost them billions of rupees." Najam suggests that the United States could press for a three-option plebiscite -- allowing Kashmiris to choose India, Pakistan, or independence--by lifting sanctions on both countries and brokering nuclear detente.
Fred Foulkes, SMG professor of organizational behavior and consultant to Fidelity Investments, comments in the September 14 Business Week on the appointment of James C. Curvey as Fidelity's new president. Curvey's career path to the top through human resources is unusual, but Foulkes says that it is not likely to be a drawback. "Curvey is well organized and big on setting goals and making sure that they are achieved," he says. "His eyes will roll if you talk about flaky human resources stuff, like organizational development programs."
University Professor Alan Wolfe is quoted in a front-page article in the September 11 Wall Street Journal on the possibility of reconciliation between President Clinton and the American public. "I am torn between two scenarios," Wolfe says. "If indeed people just want this behind them, they're looking to him to make a ritualistic apology, even if they know it's calculated." On the other hand, "a plea for forgiveness without sincerity isn't a plea at all," he says. "Americans are deeply forgiving, but it has to be from the heart."
"Dentists as a group love bells and whistles," says Richard Price, School of Dental Medicine, in a September 2 New York Times article on new generations of high-tech dental equipment. The cutting-edge equipment, however, often ends up gathering dust, Price says, and he has learned to be more selective in his purchases. "Now I wait and see instead of being first on the block to buy."
In a report on breath mints in the September 9 Boston Herald, Charles Seitz, faculty member at the School of Dental Medicine who specializes in breath disorders, fingers the real culprit in bad breath -- the tongue. "Breath mints don't really work that well," Seitz says. "You might as well throw in M&Ms. None of them really get to the core of the problem."
"In the News" is compiled by Shauna LaFauci, Office of Public Relations.