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Initially, she somewhat bashfully wore her handiwork around Harvard Square, expecting to attract only embarrassing stares. Instead, she has gotten droves of national media recognition, tickets to the Democratic National Convention and an entrepreneurial gold mine...
...Graduate student support not only helps our departments make competitive offers at the time of admission, so that we can attract the very best students; it also enables students to make timely progress toward the completion of their degrees, so they can launch their careers,” Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said through a spokesperson...
...need as a society to make changes in public careers that are necessary to attract extraordinary people to careers, both permanent and temporary, in government,” Summers said...
...islands in the immediate area, recording their topography and the best sea approaches in case of a future incident, such as a search-and-rescue or a suspected illegal entry vessel. They've also brought along a rod and reel, hoping that dragging a lure in the water might attract a plump fish for dinner. Moored just off Masig, the larger of Yorke's islands, is Mr. Nobody, a fishing boat out of Cairns. A bleary-eyed crew greets Fitzsimmons and Leeman; the coral-reef fish haven't been biting, the dorys (the "tinny" fishing boats attached to trawlers) returning...
Formula 1, which races on flat tracks, unlike the banked ovals of NASCAR, is one of the world's most valuable sports franchises. Internationally, its races attract 350 million TV viewers, compared with the 20 million who tune in to NASCAR's big races. Although F1 is bigger in Europe and Asia than in the U.S., the sport is seeking ways to expand in the U.S., the world's largest car market. But Schumacher's dominance is threatening that. Unlike Woods, whose earlier string of victories clearly contributed to golf's popularity, the fact that the German driver has already...