Word: attender
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They were certainly not alone in their rudeness. However, it had an edge to it which the demeanor of most other customers lacked. Something about being among those selected to attend the summer school had apparently infused some of them with an inflated sense of their own intelligence. And I, standing behind the counter in my employee T-shirt, was, in their interpretation, clearly no match for them. I described this problem to a friend who suggested, half-seriously, that I ward them off by pinning my Harvard ID to my shirt...
...native of Portland, Maine and a graduate of the College and the Business School, Cloutier formally established a $1 million fund last week to help four Maine students annually to attend Harvard...
Brandon J. McKenna '02, one of about 11 Mainenatives in the class of 2002, said the scholarshipwould have aided his decision to attend Harvardand will allay the fears of others...
Brendel began taking piano lessons when he was six, but he was not a prodigy. He didn't have a steady teacher, or attend a prestigious music conservatory, or possess the kind of breathtaking technical virtuosity that instantly seduces listeners. "After my 16th birthday, I did not have a teacher," he says. "I only went to two or three master classes. So it was a slower development, but it was my own...I'm used to trying to find things out for myself...
...attend middle school, and I have read about the many school-related acts of gun violence. I have also noticed that a lot of people are blaming these acts on a troubled childhood in which these students are singled out by their peers. But I believe that the main reasons for these crimes are the Internet and easy access to guns. The children of America should be the ones most involved in seeking out signs of a disturbed youngster. Students can observe things on a closer and more personal level than adults can. And people should be completely aware that...