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...into rejection." Henderson went in with New Orleans police, and when people saw him in scrubs, they surged at him from every side. He tried to tend the sickest and the babies first. "The crowds here have gotten a bad rap. There are not many human beings you could cram into a building with 10,000 others, in 105° heat, that wouldn't get just a little pissed off." He tried to get them settled and asked them to show him the sickest. "And they lead me. It's not a subtle thing. It's generally the ones...
Back in November 1998, I stood in line outside the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford University to hear Amartya Sen?who had just won the Nobel Prize in economics?talk on "Reason Before Identity." A long queue of students were waiting for admission; and I had to cram into one of the uncomfortable seats upstairs. Sen, in his heavy academic robes, began brilliantly, with a joke about how he had just been pestered by a dim-witted immigration official at Heathrow Airport who couldn't grasp the notion that an Indian like Sen could be the Master of Trinity College...
...them. An activity that used to be more of a vanity showcase for well-connected kids now reflects the increasingly competitive nature of childhood, not only to excel but to be well rounded as well. Cheerleaders rush from school to practice to private coaching sessions, then home to cram in schoolwork before a late bedtime, only to rise early so they can make more practices in the morning. Good grades are a must, not only to get into college--just five years away--but also to keep their spot on the squad. And peer pressure is rising as old friends...
...things I like about my current situation is that I have a good group of friends. Even though we're only all together at lunch, we manage to cram as much silliness and Yo Mama jokes into half an hour as possible. Everyone can be himself or herself and make jokes at each other's expense, but no hard feelings are taken. I truly believe I could count on them to back me up in an argument or when I've forgotten something at school...
CATHERINE CRAM -- Middleton...