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...Celebrities are doing the work that journalists are not. We can't afford to be cynical about that.' MARIANE PEARL, at left, widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, praising actors like Angelina Jolie for raising awareness about Africa...
OPRAH said she is "cleaning house" at her all-girls academy in South Africa after one of the dorm matrons was charged with physically and sexually abusing students. "This is one of the most devastating, if not the most devastating, experience of my life," Oprah said in a video news conference beamed from Chicago to Johannesburg...
...life had a bitter beginning--most likely, her mother was killed by hunters in West Africa, who then sold the orphaned chimp to a dealer. She was taken to the U.S. by the Air Force and used in space research. But when Washoe began living with a human family, her tremendous potential began to show. By age 5, the chimpanzee was famous as the first animal ever to learn sign language; she eventually acquired a vocabulary of about 250 signs. Was she merely reacting to prompts, or was she really communicating? That question is still unresolved, even after she passed...
MARIANE PEARL (far left), widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, praising actors like Angelina Jolie for raising awareness about Africa...
...even a conscientious objector is hard pressed to emerge unmarked by an irrational conviction that things in this country are, in fact, bigger and better than they are at home.At the end of the day, some international students have it easy. Plenty of Harvard graduates from sub-Saharan Africa return home to make immense contributions to countries where their expertise is desperately needed. They may not tread the usual path to New York high society, but they leave college assured that they are making good on their education. In a sense, they transcend the usual expectations; for them, Harvard never...