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...turned out, this boy had been punished for being "too rambunctious," and he wanted nothing less than to spend his period of confinement with me. Naively, I persisted. By the end of the day, however, the only thing I had to show for my noble efforts to befriend this angry five-year old was that he hated "stupid kinder-garten girls...
Police said Warner would lurk around Harvard Square and befriend boys about 14 or 15 years old, many of whom were homeless. Warner allegedly solicited older teenagers, ages 17 or 18, to help him meet younger teens...
...film, which was shot on location around campus last year, chronicles the life of a group of Harvard seniors who befriend a homeless man--played by actor Joe Pesci...
...Administration's China policy proves how limiting the words "where possible" can be, and confirms National Security Adviser Tony Lake's observation that American interests will, "at times, require us to befriend and even defend nondemocratic states for mutually beneficial reasons" (a summation Jeane Kirkpatrick could as easily have made). During the campaign, Clinton scored regularly with his attacks on George Bush for "coddling" China's dictators, and it was only last May that Trade Representative Mickey Kantor praised Levi Strauss & Co. for abandoning its China operations to protest Beijing's human-rights violations. But "the dance today," says...
...interested in someone--I'll call her "Letitia"--who already has a significant other. Should I try and befriend Letitia so she gets to know me well in case she breaks up with her Other, should I put off the befriending until they break up, or should I just not waste my time worrying? I really, really like her and don't see anyone else I'm really interested in. The worst part is, Letitia and her Other are happy together and their relationship seems perfect, so it gets me depressed when I'm around them. Norma, help me! --Pining...