Word: choses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...years has seen Harvard poach more than a few distinguished legal scholars from rival institutions, including NYU. But NYU has also embarked upon an ambitious faculty recruitment campaign, hiring almost 20 full professors away from other law schools since 2004. Several professors at the Law School said that Goodman chose to relocate largely because of his and his family’s preference to live in New York, rather than the Boston area. In addition to boasting a roster of international law stars, NYU has the attraction of being situated near the United Nations and Wall Street, both of which...
...stick. Sure, I’ll no longer need to take naps in Lamont while waiting for a roommate to unlock the suite door. And a dresser will certainly be a welcome replacement to the current system of placing my wardrobe in various cubbies throughout the room. But I chose to be a roving nomad for a year because I couldn’t find what I needed elsewhere: my peeps. —D. Patrick Knoth ’11 is a History and Literature concentrator In Pforzheimer Dunster House. He still rocks baglady chic...
...take the flak personally. “That’s sort of what’s fun about the CEB—working our hardest, trying to prove people wrong about Harvard not being a fun place,” McFadden said.Mee, who somewhat damningly chose the resurrected Blink-182 as hisdream Yardfest artist, agreed that they were always hoping to improve on previous years. “The CEB is very young—we still have a ways to go to become properly institutionalized,” he said.So is there hope for a Rihanna-led Yardfest...
...acceptance speech for his prizewinning performance in Milk. The film, a masterful exploration of this country’s embarrassing intolerance of homosexuality, is a particularly poignant one in a year in which Proposition 8 passed in California. But, in an apparent attempt to reiterate such artistic profundity, Penn chose not to give the usual Oscar spiel of effusive gratitude. Instead, he urged those who supported the ban on gay marriage to reflect on their decision’s impact...
...first victim to speak, George Nierenberg, was so angry and agitated that he could barely stay at the lectern; he got scarcely 45 seconds into his feelings before the judge told him to return to his seat, reminding the others of his instructions. Only two more witnesses chose to speak afterward, even though many more were present in the courtroom. Madoff sat still as a statue, his eyes downcast. (Read "One Victim Asks: Was It Worth It, Mr. Madoff...