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...like it,” Zalta said to Gere, as he returned to his seat, laughing. “It’s funny,” Zalta continued, “because he could actually be my dad two times over...
...it—he could be my dad!” Zalta replied...
...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...
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...