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...realized that...we were just antagonizing people [with the posters],” Kwong said. “Other than having a good laugh among pro-lifers, we really didn??t change peoples’ minds. We decided we really couldn’t keep publicizing our message that...
...will still be the occasional senior search where there’s a targeted opportunity which we really find irresistible, but we really have to put the emphasis on hiring at the junior level,” he said in a phone interview yesterday. “If we didn??t hire junior faculty for certain years, then we would end up all senior, and obviously that’s not a place we want...
...said, ‘How come I didn??t get in?’” Nesson recalls. “He said, ‘Well, you’ve got good board scores but lousy grades. That means you’re smart but, you’re lazy. We don’t want you. Go to Yale.’” Instead, Nesson improved his grades, and he was admitted the following year...
...presence at the Law School didn??t long go unnoticed. Nesson rose quickly to the top of his class and stayed there, graduating with the prestigious Fay Diploma, awarded each year to the third-year law student with the highest cumulative grade point average. In the notorious pressure cooker that is Harvard Law, word traveled quickly about his academic achievements, but Nesson hardly seemed to be straining. “He seemed to be a very nice guy, very amiable, not the catatonic types that you often find at Harvard law school,” recalls classmate Thomas...
...When she got to her feet, the knees of her pants were frayed and bits of gravel clung to the fabric, but she didn??t brush them clean or in any other way distract her focus from the figure kneeling on the opposite bank. The dark shape across the water grew elongated, also standing. They faced one another with the Feather River in between. In two or three more hours? they would kneel again and drink.”Among prose stylists, Denis Johnson has few living equals. His finest moments bristle with beauty and potential; words blossom...