Word: attendent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tsang took the Spring semester off from Harvardto prepare for the invitation-only competition. Hesaid Soviet officials asked him to attend becauseof his reputation and recommendations, whichincluded one from Zubin Mehta, conductor of theNew York Philharmonic...
When I told my paternal grandfather of my acceptance to Harvard, the retired builder and son of a Rumanian immigrant turned nostalgic. "Never in a million years when I was pumping gas in the Bronx terminal market did I think my grandson would attend Harvard," he told me. My mother's father, an immigrant from Warsaw and a shopkeeper, wept and drank to my health...
When immigrants came to this country in search of success, often their first desire was to see their children educated. Overwhelmed by the abundance of schools in this country compared to elsewhere, the opportunity for most to receive an education, immigrants relish the chance to see their children attend any university. But Harvard University, whose 350th birthday party begins in August, is still somehow special among all those schools...
Some say we should reject assimilation. A friend of mine questions why the newest generation of New York Jews wants to attend Harvard. If we all just went to City College like our parents did we would be in just as good an educational environment and we would not have to sell out and become part of America's dominant class and its aristocracy, he argues...
...result of the program's impact, parents from the Ukrainian community in the United States and Canada, which numbers about 1 million in both nations, have sent many of their children to the Institute to become culturally educated. Hanchuk and Lechman are the third members in their family to attend...