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...shared a bedroom, but we maintained an air of formal politeness, of “So how was your day?” queries as we were brushing our teeth. She was fair and strikingly tall, especially in heels. My growth spurt as a Chinese American had been all of two inches between 5’0” and 5’2.” I balanced The Harvard Crimson and an applied-math concentration. She was literally a Gov jock. She was the only one in her high school ever to come to Harvard. My competitive...
...naval officer, Witherby first served on an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic. He was then stationed in Kunming, China with the 14th Army Air Force in Photo Intelligence under the famous General Claire Lee Chenault...
When my feet neither hit the ground nor dangle in the air, but point upward, I have time to reflect on my journey. I cannot navel gaze—because that would hurt my head—nor can I be oblivious to the dangers along the road, but I can recognize the voices of the people who are carrying me. Like the chatter between bride-bearers that enabled the bride to appreciate them for carrying meat—so that the tigers would not devour her—the conversations I’ve had enable me to appreciate...
...imperfectly informed as the experts at the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center might be, their judgments on the basis of data and computer simulation are presumably more useful than the alternative: the intuitions of the CEO of Air-or-Bust, or perhaps, Mr. Barbieri, on when it’s safe...
Katherine W. Rogers, another MCB graduate student, said that the open-air nature of a room with 12 microscopes as opposed to the usual one or two will promote collaboration...