D. at Stanford University, where he was laboring in the seemingly obscure field of haptics, or the science of touch.

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D. from Stanford University's engineering and economic systems department, is less charitable when it comes to companies with speculative business models, especially those carrying a large debt load.

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D. in philosophy from Stanford University, also holds 6.5 million shares of Overstock.

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D. in theoretical physics from Stanford University started Dr. Moniz on this energetic path.

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D. in political science at Stanford University in the mid-1960s, Nie became frustrated with the computer-based statistical analysis tools available at the time.

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D. in Political Science from Stanford University.

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She graduated in history from Stanford University, then went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, where she completed a D Phil in international relations.

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