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Joyce Putnam Curll ’65 remembers admitting one student to Harvard Law School with an “unusual name”? and a “wonderful story.” It was future President-elect Barack Obama, and he was an easy admissions decision, the former Law School Dean of Admissions said yesterday during a discussion at the Harvard Coop about her new book “The Best Law Schools Admissions Secrets: The Essential Guide from Harvard’s Former Admissions Deans.” “One of the great things about...
This same idea was echoed in President-Elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last Tuesday: “It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice. So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.” Men and women constantly grapple with the imperative to serve their country, for better or for worse. It is worth examining the reasons for making that choice...
...departing POTUS. "Ensuring that this transition is seamless is a top priority for the rest of my time in office," Bush said in his Saturday radio address. "My Administration will work hard to ensure that the next President and his team can hit the ground running." (See pictures of Barack Obama's campaign behind the scenes...
...Former Presidents tend to rise to the occasion when the call comes from the Oval Office, even if the caller is a former adversary. It is an act of patriotism and perhaps pity from men who, knowing what the job entails, are uniquely positioned to help. Barack Obama has an interesting array of predecessors to choose from: Jimmy Carter, the acclaimed humanitarian who has seemed at times to delight in tormenting his successors; Bill Clinton, whose own chapter in history has some extra footnotes now with Obama's win; and two Presidents named Bush, one with a more recent feel...
Four elections to be held over the next year in the Middle East and its outer fringes - all of them potentially affected by Barack Obama's historic win on Tuesday - could substantially alter the region's troubled dynamic. Obama's victory will be, rightly or wrongly, viewed by many abroad as heralding a tectonic shift in U.S. foreign policy. And that perception could shape the outcome of a number of different races across the troubled region in ways that could affect long-term U.S. goals, for better and worse. (Read "The World's View of Obama...