In this case the author methodologically proceeds in cross-fertilizing founding stories of family firms and stories other members of the family tell as well as stories the official state institutions tell with regards to the founding, succession history, and timeline of the family firms in Como.
Unfortunately, at most institutions, these stories represent the typical postdoc experience long hours, low pay, few if any benefits, and no retirement-savings opportunities, although this experience is a well-trodden rite of passage for a career in academic science.
Annoyingly, the BBC declines to make a copy of the banned programme available so it is hard to judge whether its punchiness outweighed professional balance.To those who worry that the Kremlin's tentacles already reach dangerously far into Western institutions, the story has a dismal ring to it.
But in Boston, where the Sox are no mere ball club but a civic and cultural institution, the story was front-page news and the occasion of public lamentation.
It was possible because I started before it was "the thing," before the Web even existed.During the first 3 years, we offered the service free to institutions who contributed stories.
The Smithsonian has proved to be one of the world's great success stories in institution creation.
For all the economic turmoil within many classical-music institutions, there are encouraging stories out there as well.
This country's scientific advancement, its artistic communities and the national institutions that curate its stories and make it possible to tell new ones are buckling under what can only be seen as ideologically driven federal government funding cuts.
Information about postdoctoral experiences at a variety of institutions suggests that postdoc stories share many common themes.
