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...packed audience crowded Harvard Business School’s Burden Auditorium yesterday to watch four graduates receive honors at the annual Alumni Achievement Awards Forum. Jay Light, Dean of Harvard Business School, presided. “These Awards are the most important honor the school can bestow upon its graduates,” said HBS Dean Jay O. Light, who presided over the event. “These people personify what this school stands for.” Since 1968, the awards have been presented to alumni who have led outstanding careers while making meaningful contributions to the world...
...with Trisomy 21, is a particularly eloquent teenager despite her learning disabilities. She asked me to speak to her middle school because so many of her classmates were worried that they might "catch" her Down syndrome. I was happy to oblige and she sat at the back of the auditorium during my talk. Afterward, I asked her how she felt about the students' questions. She replied, "I'm happy that they know there's a reason why I'm not so smart. Lots of other kids aren't smart but you can't tell from looking at them...
...many of those who attended were close friends of the students who authored the titillating proposal. That vote passed 20 to 9. “[Last spring’s proposal] was full of double entendres,” said Mehta. “[It] had the whole auditorium cracking up.” Mehta said that he was not amused when the proposal was actually approved. Simmons Housemaster John M. Essigman suggested yesterday that SEX-C supporters should let their joke go. “My chief concern from the beginning has been the potential for damage...
...join the loyalty club, Friends of Laphroaig. You'll get your own square foot of land on Islay, and on arrival at the distillery you'll be entitled to collect "rent" - in this case, a dram of Laphroaig's finest. DEWAR'S: With its slick Brand Centre, featuring an auditorium, multimedia displays and historical exhibits, Dewar's is the Disneyland of whisky companies. Together with Aberfeldy, the working distillery next door, the center makes up Dewar's World of Whisky, tel: (44-1887) 822 010, one of the Central Highlands' main tourist draws. The onsite store sells everything from...
...candidates for this fall’s Massachusetts gubernatorial election explained some of their solutions to the state’s environmental problems during the Gubernatorial Environment Forum at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium Wednesday night...