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...matter of Blue Blood, first novel of Edward Conlon ’87, that has won the cop drama extensive media coverage and a spot atop bestseller lists. It’s the author himself, a literally blue-collared detective for the NYPD who happens to have a Harvard diploma. FM tracked Conlon down for a phone interview while he was on tour in California, and the author was happy to talk about hiding his Harvard degree from his fellow cops, his first break into security work as a receptionist for HUPD and how he never really felt part...
Conlon got a diploma from Harvard, but he comes from a cop family, and after graduation he drifted back to New York City and the Job. His real education began at Police Service Area 7, also known as Claremont Village, a rough housing project in the Bronx, and that's where Blue Blood begins. "The ghetto could be a world of three-dimensional, 360 insult," he discovers, "where no one had enough so they ruined what they had, and then came looking for yours." He learns to turn his hat around while patrolling dark stairwells--to minimize telltale reflections...
...support Barend has received from friends and professors at Harvard, she also seems to feel an added pressure at the prospect of carrying a Harvard diploma into Congress. The November election comes just five months after her graduation in June...
...more poignant Harvard memorabilia for a tiny fraction of the cost? Why not keep photos in our wallets that remind us of college? Instead of pictures of babies and girlfriends, your wallet could contain photos of keg stands, late-night studying in Lamont and the moment you receive your diploma. At no cost, you can put nostalgic photos on your computer’s wallpaper...
...country's mayors," laments conservative politician and civil rights activist Zaïr Kedadouche. "France is broken." Consider these signs of fracture: unemployment in the banlieue often runs at more than double the national level of 9.7%, and the jobless rate among banlieue youths with a college or vocational diploma is four times higher than it is among those from more affluent areas. Resignation and hopelessness have sent criminal activity and incivility soaring, and the banlieues' physical isolation makes them islands of anger, apathy and pain. "I've seen guys turn to fundamentalist Islam as the only positive, redeeming option...