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...results. One area in which Harvard’s innovation and leadership has been particularly visionary has been the fight to increase access to higher education. The fledgling Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) program, of which we are student coordinators, is a continuation of this legacy, and in its brief lifespan it has been wildly successful. But if Harvard is to be open to students on all rungs of the socioeconomic ladder, there is still work to be done, particularly in recruiting low-income students...
...proctor’s e-mail included brief “thank yous” to Byerly Hall for admitting some freshmen. And it included more extensive details about certain students. Dingman says he thought the e-mail contained some “information that there was no need to share with admissions...
...interesting word there is "crisp." Just what did he mean, and what is he missing now? Several people familiar with the President's thinking said he despises tangents and long-winded briefings and people who try cover their rears in a swath of verbiage and baloney. He wants "brief, to-the-point" information, said one person who often gives it. The implicit contrast with some on the current team was clear...
...paper’s mission was to recruit and employ local black teenagers. Barbara Howard, one of eight children in a black family that has been supporting civil rights since Reconstruction, rose through the ranks from typesetter to associate editor by the end of the paper’s brief...
...last long, particularly since he also faces a constitutional logjam over invalid races for 39 parliamentary seats that must be run again on April 23. As rumors swirled of his likely successors, Thaksin flew Tuesday afternoon to meet revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej at his seaside palace before making his brief farewell address. In it, he referred to the auspicious 60th anniversary of the king?s coronation, an event that will dominate Thailand?s official calendar in June. Amid all the political jockeying, this deadline has always loomed large. Now it looks like a new politician will be leading the celebrations...