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Leading From the Rear
I've just consulted my paper-based(!) American Heritage dictionary on the word lead. The first definition reads, "To show the way to by going in advance." But should leaders also think about directing from the rear? Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill is studying...
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Blog posts 2008-01-22

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Africa for Africans: four African heads of state offer their vision for the continent's future and why America and African-Americans should care
KAGAME. JOHNSON-SIRLEAF. GUEBUZA. PIRES. They are not as well known as Nelson Mandela, whose election as the first Black president of South Africa changed African history forever. But they are no less significant to the development of the nations they lead and to the future of the continent....
Articles 2008-12-01
Education Report: Public schools have scholars by the bus load
This is a sampling of the Education Report, Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools. Read more, see pictures and post comments at www.ibabuzz.com/education. Nov. 25: Here's some happy news for your Thanksgiving week: One hundred sixteen Oakland public high school students have been named AP Scholars. ...
Articles 2008-11-25
Visa snub for visit of elder statesmen ZIMBABWE: CRISIS
ZIMBABWE has barred former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, former US president Jimmy Carter and other prominent figures from visiting the country to assess the humanitarian crisis, it was revealed yesterday. They were denied travel visas to Zimbabwe despite the intervention of former South African president Thabo...
Articles 2008-11-23
Annan and Carter refused visa for humanitarian visit
NEWS IN BRIEF :: ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe has refused to let former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former US president Jimmy Carter visit on a humanitarian mission. The pair, together with the human rights advocate Graa Machel, had planned to assess the country's needs. They are members...
Articles 2008-11-23
Zimbabwe rejects humanitarians
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Zimbabwe has refused to let Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and a South African human rights advocate visit the impoverished country for a humanitarian mission, the three said Saturday. The former U.N. secretary general, the ex-U.S. president and rights advocate Graca Machel had planned...
Articles 2008-11-23
Ali and Frazier diminished by memories of Manila bitterness
VIEW FROM THE SOFA TRUE STORIES: THRILLER IN MANILA More4 Tuesday Muhammad Ali is an international treasure, the closest thing the world has to a secular living god, a fistic mixture of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Joe Frazier is a sad old bloke living in...
Articles 2008-11-17
Berkeley's first Latino council member ready to serve
BERKELEY -- Jesse Arreguin's interest in politics and social justice began when he begged his mother to let him stay home from first grade to see anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela on television after his release from prison. Arreguin was 6. Then he burst through...
Articles 2008-11-13
Marking Mandela's birthday
DRUMMERS and singers marked Nelson Mandela's birthday in Huddersfield. About 80 people gathered in the Hudawi Centre on Great Northern Street at Hillhouse to celebrate the life of the South African statesman, who turned 90 this year. Mighty Zulu Nation, a six-piece troupe from Huddersfield, put...
Articles 2008-11-12
Mama Africa
Miriam Makeba, the singer who gave voice to the fight against apartheid, died on stage on Sunday at the age of 76. Daniel Howden bids farewell to the 'nightingale' revered by everyone from Nelson Mandela to Miles Davis It will have surprised no one that Miriam...
Articles 2008-11-11
Johnson provides Fulham's home comfort
FULHAM 2 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 NOW that misunderstood Joey Barton has vowed to make a Nelson Mandela-like transition from jailbird to global role model, could the next part of his rehabilitation be a surprise return to the England fold? He will certainly think so after seeing...
Articles 2008-11-10
Johnson provides Fulham's home comfort
FULHAM 2 NEWCASTLE 1 NOW that misunderstood Joey Barton has vowed to make a Nelson Mandela-like transition from jailbird to global role model, could the next part of his rehabilitation be a surprise return to the England fold? He will certainly think so after seeing Fabio...
Articles 2008-11-10
Too good to be true?
Wartime Courage By Gordon Brown BLOOMSBURY Pounds 16.99 (239pp) Pounds 15.29 (free p&p) from 0870 079 8897 This year, Gordon Brown has made something of a habit of surprise guest-star roles at literary events. He materialised for an interview with Sebastian Faulks at the London Book...
Articles 2008-11-07
Euphoric scenes greet new leader
EU's Barroso calls for a 'new deal for a new world' Polls show Obama is favoured choice abroad Barack Obama basked in a warm glow of international euphoria yesterday as government leaders rushed to congratulate America's first black president on his election, which sparked spontaneous...
Articles 2008-11-06
'I went to boarding school at age four'
INTERVIEW An education in the life of the journalist Ann Leslie Passed/Failed Dame Ann Leslie, 67, has reported for the 'Daily Mail' from more than 70 countries, covering the fall of the Berlin Wall and the release of Nelson Mandela. She has appeared on 'Question Time'...
Articles 2008-11-06
David Fenton show
Yippies. Hippies. Sit-ins. Be-ins. The late '60s saw all manners of protest. It also provided a stage for then-teen underground photographer David Fenton to capture the clash of protesters and police. Starting October 30, Manhattan's Steven Kasher Gallery hosts "David Fenton: Eye of the Revolution," which features more than 75...
Articles 2008-11-01
Incognegro; a memoir of exile & apartheid
Incognegro; a memoir of exile & apartheid. Wilderson, Frank B. South End Press 2008 498 pages $18.00 Paperback E185 Wilderson (African American studies and drama, U. of California, Irvine) moved from the US to...
Articles 2008-11-01
Derrida vis-a-vis Lacan; interweaving deconstruction and psychoanalysis
Derrida vis-a-vis Lacan; interweaving deconstruction and psychoanalysis. Hurst, Andrea. Fordham University Press 2008 469 pages $35.00 Paperback B2430 Long considered in opposition, these two great minds of the twentieth century may actually have more...
Articles 2008-11-01
Family fortunes across space and time
Nile Baby By Elleke Boehmer AYEBIA BOOKS Pounds 8.99 (265pp) (free p&p) from 0870 079 8897 The title of Elleke Boehmer's novel might lead the reader to expect that the protagonist will prove to be a contemporary Moses, leading his people out of bondage to an...
Articles 2008-10-31
Shortlist for William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award announced
M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist has been announced for this year's GBP20,000 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. The six books on this year's shortlist include: The Austerity Olympics: When the Games Came to London in 1948 by Janie Hampton; Playing...
Articles 2008-10-31
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