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...anonymous Harvardian, getting into Harvard was something of a curse. “As a Boston-area native from a Harvard-favored public school, not only was I not ecstatic about my admission, I was actually depressed that I hadn't gotten into other schools that would finally allow me to leave Boston.” But all was not lost: “The cast member next to me said he received an acceptance e-mail, but then claimed five days later that the email had been sent by accident and gave me all the Harvard paraphernalia that...
This spring, Harvard will become home to its own sustainable garden in front of Lowell House, and the Office of Sustainability is calling upon the community to submit names in an online contest that closes today. Ever-conscious of its responsibility to the wider-Plympton area, FM presents some choice names...
...seem to have discouraged these seniors as they prepare to embark on the next part of their lives many miles away. “It’s a great chance to meet new people, get to know a different culture, and get to know a different area of the world,” says...
...across the road from the district governor's pathetic headquarters. It was Day 45 after the operation to retrieve Marjah from the Taliban had begun, and the highest-ranking U.S. military official, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was paying a congratulatory visit to the area. (See pictures of the U.S. Marines' offensive in Afghanistan...
...compound). They had supported the Taliban as a more orderly option but were ready, allegedly, to switch sides. What they really wanted was a real government providing real services - although they were adamant about one demand: they wanted the U.S. and Afghan national security forces to police the area, not the local cops who had plundered them at will in the past. And then an extraordinary thing happened: the shura turned into the sort of town-council meeting that you'd see anywhere in the world. One of the elders stood and presented a list of requests - more schools...