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...halls. The entire history of women at Harvard and Radcliffe is marked by separation, inequality of resources, and reluctance on the part of male-dominated Harvard to adequately care for female students. As early as a few decades ago, women were not allowed in the libraries and (when my dad was an undergraduate) were not considered full Harvard students, though they took the same classes and did the same work. To think that simply integrating women into existing male structures will create full equality for women on the campus is folly. And to suggest that the real problem is that...
...also become an anti-nicknamer, with a tendency to call boys by their full first names rather than the shortened form they go by. In deference to the teacher of this skill, I rarely greet my father with any normal form of “Dad.” Instead it’s “Papa Bear” or “Mr. Man.”Even with all this training, I sometimes wonder why it’s impossible for me to stop. Being a constant nicknamers puts me up in the same league...
Wescott, whose dramatic win introduced the crash-and-burn world of snowboard cross to transfixed TV audiences, is the team's dad--and brain. The son of a college professor, Wescott devours lefty linguist Noam Chomsky, not the typical snowboarder fare. Wescott doesn't get away clean from the snowboarding stereotype. "He's so not a dude," says his sister, Sarah, 32. But "he can party with the best of them...
ROMY'S NEW GIG Mira Sorvino followed her dad's path in 2005, becoming an honorarydeputy sheriffin Pennsylvania. Asked whether herOscar or the badgewas a greater honor, she said, "That's a hard...
...Given a second task of seducing Rosen with just one line, “I want you to make me feel good,” the actress straddled him and thrust her hips. Rosen peeked around Berry’s shoulders at the audience—where his mom, dad, and girlfriend watched—and said, “Hi Mom.”Asked about the experience that left him tongue-tied on stage, Rosen said Berry was a good kisser.“I wasn’t because I was a little too startled to kiss...