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...Kennedy visited Berlin in June 1963, the Berlin Wall had been standing for only two years. The cold war was settling in for a long freeze. West Berliners were dismayed by the West's seeming lack of concern about their city's partition. It was a time when well-chosen words could change history...
...Richard became chair of the department and later director of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. In 1994, she was chosen to be the provost of Yale, a post that brings with it a higher profile than its counterpart at Harvard...
...imagine a scenario where the press might try to make it out that a female candidate was chosen based on their gender but, having met with representatives of the search committee, I am entirely confident that this is not a motivating force in their decisions,” Kramer writes in an e-mail...
...said that although the new president should not be chosen because of gender, he or she should practice what Zhu calls “traditional” feminine leadership characteristics, including horizontal coordination across Harvard’s schools, using emotional intelligence to handle crises, and relying more on open communication than hierarchical command...
...with coming back from break and going down to Rutgers, but everyone did very well with adversity.” Freshman Alex Meyer received the honor of being named this year’s “Iron Man” by his teammates. Every year, one freshman is chosen based on several traits, such as dedication to the team, class leadership, and hard work, to swim every race in one meet. Meyer swam in every heat of every race Saturday, logging a total of 5,350 yards—the equivalent of around three miles—despite...