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...essentially desperation. I wanted to be a foreign service officer or a diplomat but I didn??t pass the foreign service exam. Then in ’56 we all had a military obligation because there was a draft, but I got rejected on physical grounds by the Navy. So I went to Washington to see if I could persuade the Navy to give me a waver and I failed. But I was walking down the street and I saw a sign that read “‘The Washington Post?...
...Rolling Stone,” it was such a raw, young canvas and no one there ever told me what to do, so we sort of learned and grew up together. I don’t think I would still be working for magazines if I didn??t believe you could break through and do things that were really wonderful. But, that being said, magazines are working with other people, and there’s an editor and an art director. If you want to do pure work, you should do books. That’s where...
...dances has been Kevin Shee ’10. “[Merrit’s] pretty much one of the most fun people I’ve ever known—quirky, and everything awesome,” says Shee. So when vacation rolled around last year, Moore didn??t follow the age-old tradition of going home, watching television, and eating leftovers from the previous break. Instead, from Thanksgiving through spring break, she traveled to Europe to audition for ballet companies. Having now joined the ZBC ranks, she faces the struggles that come with the position...
...They informed us that “hugs are overrated, just FYI.” I also hate hugs! Clearly, the Jonases understood my obsession with personal space.And thus the ironic love slowly became a little less ironic. Through it all, I reassured myself that at least I didn??t watch High School Musical. It was my last shred of dignity, Jonas be damned.So it was under duress that I was coerced into finally watching HSM. I steeled myself against it. “No matter how many times they sing in unison, do not get sucked...
...able to identify 50 different objects, seven colors, five shapes, quantities up to six, and concepts of category, among other things. “He redefined the term birdbrain.” Pepperberg says. “When I began this work in the 70’s, people didn??t expect birds to do any complex cognitive tasks.” Following Alex’s death last September, rather than flying off the handle, Pepperberg swooped in with an idea for a book. While she had published “The Alex Studies...