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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
He introduced me to his editors and mentors and reintroduced me to subject-verb agreement. And I was going to repay all of this by, in his words, “going to the dark side?” You know, that two-year sojourn for bankers and consultants View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Anthony Harris Photo courtesy of Anthony Harris by Francis Storrs On April 14, 2013, a sheriff's deputy pulled over a truck cruising down Interstate 55 in Mississippi. What started as a routine traffic stop became more serious when the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Clean Slate
says. To get there, Massport is reducing the carbons tied to the operation of its airports, container ship and cruise terminals, and all related equipment and vehicles. Logan’s central heating system represents the biggest opportunity:... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
it’s the birthplace and the namesake of those concrete barriers that line America’s highways, the home of the country’s busiest toll road, and a place where summer nights seem custom-made for cruising to the Shore, or nowhere special,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
(above: photo by Getty Images/Patrick Foto) A mathematics major, Don Carty (MBA 1971) has always seen the airline business as a huge puzzle, with the equation involving inventory and pricing, cruising allocations, weather, and holiday... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
Holidazzle and the Newport Ball, as well as the “TGIF” get-togethers in between, a question from a current student government officer about raising the fee sparked a lively give-and-take about transparency. “The SA lost several thousand dollars on a View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
short, it's a pillow from a cruise ship. [BOTH LAUGHING] But we were always—you know? We were always told that this does happen. White: So you hinted at something there that I certainly wasn't aware of at the time, but the things that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
provisioning are covered. Weather and heavy weather sailing are presented based on first-hand experience. Cruising risks, including pirates, are laid bare. All of this is supported with examples of the author’s experience. A Member Is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
to reduce waste, Imperfect Foods acquired a fraction of the airlines’ canceled orders. In April, Imperfect customers who usually purchased produce and staples could add on a single-serving cheese platter for $2.99—a snack that would have fetched several times that... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
resorts and the cruise lines, where the contact between staff and guest remains quite superficial," Giraud says. Tough Competition For decades, Club Med touted itself as "the antidote to civilization." Set in beautiful, unspoiled... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 11 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)
work. Trips to tropical places are opportunities to secure new hotel customers. Summer beach time has been replaced with road trips to the Hamptons and Nantucket. I think the only safe place for a true vacation now is an iceberg cruise in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
luxury cruise ship designed especially for the South Pacific. Bailey, whose wife, Mireille, is Polynesian, has lived in Tahiti since 1985. “The breathtaking natural beauty of these islands and the astonishing authenticity of the local... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
voyage to the Molloy Deep in the Arctic (currently believed to be 5,669 meters deep), where Vescovo would attempt to complete his quest in August 2019. Vescovo himself was already imagining the conclusion of a successful expedition: The Pressure Drop would View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
less than 10,000 pounds, VLJs typically have a range of about 1,200 nautical miles before refueling, accommodate three or four passengers, cruise at about the same altitudes as commercial airliners, and have the capacity to land on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
important than owning the car.” —Freeman Shen (AMP 184, 2013), founder and CEO of WM Motor If all goes according to plan, then, fleets of autonomous, battery-powered electric cars will soon cruise the streets of major cities around the... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
enjoyable evenings talking. As an HBS student in 1958–1960 I was never able to spend so much time with a “legend” and get to know him on a personal level, so our time together on the cruise felt especially valuable. Allan J. Tomlinson,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
most days, I do not feel a need to have anything more. Then again, while Glide spent the last several months in a frozen Long Island parking lot, Lady Linda, which was launched last summer, has been cruising the Caribbean. How she finally... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
academic sessions, the conference offered plenty of time for relaxation and socializing. A gala dinner was held at The Field Museum, where the Chicago Club presented this year's Statesman of the Year Award to Leo Melamed, chairman emeritus of the Chicago Mercantile... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
rental. Things are looking up: the car's a hot red convertible, and it's gorgeous out. I cruise through the Sumner Tunnel left hand on the wheel, right hand on my 166 MHz laptop, which I wouldn't have minded playing with on the plane,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
often, those who have experienced vast success in the public realm look back and regret not spending more time with family and friends. They wish they’d actually gone on that cruise of the Greek islands, or taken more vacations in... View Details