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...went to a private school, I reside in a nice suburb just outside a major East Coast city, and I do not receive any financial aid from Harvard. I would imagine, then, that most people would be rather surprised by my family’s rather humble background. I, and many others like me, do not attend Harvard on the largess of a trust fund but rather the ceaseless hard work of my parents. The Adomanis family has no inherited wealth; we earned and paid very significant taxes on everything we gained. My parents will accrue a very substantial debt...
This is not to say that the album is completely worthless, or that there is nothing to Crow’s attempts to reshape her sound. In its Mann-liness lies possibility, and most of the tunes have some underlying musical accompaniment that makes them pleasant enough in the background...
...among the inductees. Cumrun Vafa, Donner professor of science, expressed his happiness to be among this year’s inductees. “It is part of the American tradition of valuing sciences and arts and it is a great honor for me, especially coming from the different background of Iran,” he said. Vafa described the work in string theory for which he was elected as, “an area of physics that attempts to explain the fundamental laws of nature and the only theory we know of where quantum theory and gravity can coexist...
...believed that the survey, part of an initiative of the Task Force of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), was the first science survey administered to all College undergraduates. The page-long online questionnaire will compile responses from all students about their summer science activities as a source of background information for the further development of the Harvard Undergraduate Summer Science Research Program. The College is using an iPod nano giveaway to encourage students to participate before the survey ends Oct. 19. The survey asks students who took part in scientific activities over the summer about the sources and amount...
Downstairs, in a luxurious video screening room, Jeff leaves us to ourselves to watch an introductory film on Scientology. The film has a B-movie sheen. Women in suits with shoulder pads talk to men whose hair looks shellacked while a cheesy soundtrack plays in the background. Kirstie Alley, John Travolta, and a number of doctors, police officers, and businesspeople deliver testimonials on how Scientology has improved their lives. The religion has given them a template for self-control and success...