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Moreover, few Harvard students are content to take part in extracurriculars for their own sakes; involvement is almost always contingent upon rising up the ranks to a leadership position. Harvard students almost always led their chosen extracurriculars in high school—and they aren’t keen to change that pattern after arriving in Cambridge. Those students who do not make the cut almost always leave to join (or form) other organizations where they feel that they can make more of a mark. Harvard extracurriculars make McKinsey’s famous two-year...
Michael D. Colono was content to spend an afternoon sitting on a blanket with his 3-year-old daughter Jade, watching Monsters, Inc. or other movies he bought for her, his older brother recalls...
...they used to, Pam and Jacob will share a new routine with Gerald: get the good china out, light the candles and pretend they are at a fancy restaurant. "It's really weird," Pam says, "because even though I feel poor, I feel rich. I feel content. This year has made me stronger...
...point is that most of the international community remained unconvinced by the case the U.S. was making for war, not because of its presentation but because of its content. And nothing about the war, thus far, has changed their view that the U.S. had not presented credible evidence that Iraq represented an imminent unconventional weapons threat. This could change, of course, if U.S. inspectors manage to unearth evidence of a major active weapons program, but clearly not on the basis of the evidence available in Washington at the time Powell made his last pitch - U.S. inspectors in Iraq have already...
...while some family members had post-race plans, most fans were content to watch and cheer for the runners...