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...friends took the course last spring and told me it was the best class they’ve taken at Harvard,” says Austin F. Blackmon ’07, who is currently enrolled in both of Ben-Shahar’s courses. “I have not heard a single person give [Positive Psych] a recommendation below ‘amazing...
...particular squad to win—everyone pitches in.” She added that she thought the Crimson stood a good chance against Princeton in two weeks. “We’re very optimistic, and very excited,” she said. Co-captain Anne Austin agreed. “This year [Princeton] aren’t as strong,” she said. “I’m not saying it’ll be easy, but I think we have a good chance. We just have to stay focused...
Accidentally shooting a lawyer is never a good idea, especially one who's known for being something of a pistol himself. But Harry M. Whittington, the irascible, 78-year-old attorney from Austin who wound up on the wrong end of the Vice President's quail-hunting gun on Saturday, is a longtime supporter of President Bush and longtime friends with White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, with whom he helped build the once-moribund Texas Republican Party into today's powerhouse. And he is said by friends to be taking his wounds with good humor...
...taken over troubled state agencies for several governors, including George W. Bush, he is often the first to arrive - by 5:30 or 6 a.m. - in the workout room of the West Austin club he helped found. After getting both his undergraduate and law degree from University of Texas, Whittington eventually became very active in Texas Republican circles, serving once as the only Republican on the board of the Texas Department of Corrections, now the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, and also doing a stint as chairman of the Texas Public Finance Authority Board. "He's very tough," James...
...Whittington, who donated $1,000 to Bush's first presidential campaign and $2,000 to his reelection, is married to Merce Whittington, who also has been active in Republican politics; they have several children, including two daughters who still live in Austin. In a profile of Whittington last year, the Austin American-Statesman described him as being old-fashioned enough that he did not have a computer or bill by the hour. Luckily for Dick Cheney, that seems to extend to his being able to laugh off being accidentally shot at by the Vice President. For a lawyer, even...