Word: boyness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...graduating senior preparing to move forward with my life, I’m grateful for the lessons of Harvard Time. After realizing the old boy network of Harvard employers probably sets its clocks several minutes slow, I’ve taken to showing up to job interviews tardy in order to reap the benefits of my Ivy League education. It’s been a successful tactic; while the hiring deadline has passed, I am currently waiting by the phone for offers that are sure to be fashionably late...
...appearing in real-life soap operas. The paparazzi are everywhere, as are reporters who want to talk to the kid stars of Slumdog Millionaire. Their lives are making the gossip columns and headlines in their native India - and overseas. Azhar was reportedly slapped by his father when the boy, begging fatigue from traveling back from the Academy Awards in Hollywood, refused to give an interview his father had apparently promised. (Both were penitent afterward: Azhar said he had been "naughty," according to the Times of India, and reiterated that his father loved him; his father said, "I feel sorry...
...says Roy, "all sorts of relatives start coming out of the woodwork and laying claims on the money and alleging all sorts of things." To that end, the Salaam Baalak Trust tries to ensure that resources and efforts are spent on education. It also has under its care a boy named Salim who played the role of Jamal in the film Little Terrorist, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short in 2004. Says Roy: "He has immense interest in theatrics and dance. But we made clear to him that he needs to concentrate on education first...
...about five years old. He slept outside my guest-room door each night, and ultimately I invited him inside to bathe and sleep on a cot." Growing attached to the child, Sissel enrolled him in a Missionaries of Charity school for street children. She also sent money to the boy's mother...
Usman, now 36, was one of the founding militants in LeT - and his tale, too, sheds light on the growth of jihadi militancy. As a boy in the Punjabi city of Faisalabad, he often heard accounts of Indian atrocities against Muslims in Kashmir. In the early '90s, Kashmiris toured Pakistan, telling their stories and seeking donations for their cause. Usman was moved by the story of a man whose brother had been killed by Indian soldiers and whose sister had been sexually assaulted. "Then he asked, 'If this was your sister, what would you do?' That's when I decided...