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Sotomayor, Sonia •attacks by conservatives on - despite summa cum laude degree and various other academic achievements of - as an intellectual lightweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 5/29/2009 | See Source »

...when Sotomayor was 9, had a third-grade education and spoke only Spanish; her mother worked as a nurse at a methadone clinic and bought the neighborhood's only set of encyclopedias. A fiercely devoted student, Sotomayor attended Catholic schools and then Princeton University on a scholarship, graduating summa cum laude. She later attended Yale Law School and worked for the Manhattan district attorney's office as well as a prestigious corporate firm before donning judges' robes. She was nominated to New York's U.S. District Court by President George H.W. Bush, later rising to the Second Circuit Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sonia Sotomayor: Obama's Supreme Court Nominee | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

...Graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976. Served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal at Yale Law School, graduating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sonia Sotomayor: Obama's Supreme Court Nominee | 5/27/2009 | See Source »

Given that practically all of Cambodia's historic Chinese shophouses have been demolished, it is some comfort to know that one of the finest not only survives but thrives as a trendy cocktail bar cum art gallery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restoration Drama in Cambodia | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

Gordon graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1923 with distinction in economics, and was also a Crimson editor...

Author: By Manning Ding, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gordon, Oldest Harvard Alumnus, Dies at 107 | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

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