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...drive, competitiveness and personal intensity." That is also a pretty apt description of Walter. Like Gates, Isaacson attended Harvard, where he studied computing while majoring in history and literature. Unlike Gates, he graduated (in 1974) and then went to Oxford for two years as a Rhodes scholar. While in England he worked at London's Sunday Times, before returning to his native New Orleans to work as a reporter at the New Orleans States-Item. While there he also bought his first personal computer, a Kaypro...
...million people nationwide, according manufacturers cited in The New York Times. While this is fewer than the usual 80 million doses available, it’s an improvement from last year, when only 61 million inoculations could be given because of contamination at the Chiron Corporation plant in England, which manufactures about 50 percent of the United States’ flu vaccination supply. At Harvard, University Health Services (UHS) started this year’s round of flu vaccinations last week. “We have ordered 6,000 units,” said David S. Rosenthal, UHS Director...
...experience are valuable commodities for the Harvard men’s golf team. With a balanced team of upperclassmen and freshmen, the Crimson finished 11th at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championships held Monday and yesterday in Brewster, Massachusetts. The Harvard squad featured captain D.J. Hynes, senior James Cleary, junior Tom Hegge, and two freshmen, Michael Shore and John Christensen. The Crimson shot a combined 627 over two days of competition to finish 11th out of 45 teams, 35 strokes behind tournament champion, the University of Rhode Island. Hynes stepped up in his role as captain to record...
Last week, individual accomplishment garnered most of the headlines for the Crimson co-ed sailing team, as junior skipper Clay Johnson’s third consecutive New England Singlehanded title earned top billing. One week later, teamwork was once again the name of the game at the Navy Fall Invitational in Annapolis, Md. Johnson and junior crew Kristen Lynch steered the Harvard squad to an A-division victory and a sixth-place overall finish out of twenty teams, while junior Matt Knowles filled in for a sick teammate in the D-division race. “Last week was more...
...young people here, who perhaps 30 years ago would not survive, this is the greatest gift of all,” he said during the performance. Nine-year-old Yasmin Siraj of Brookline was the first performer. The fourth grader has won medals at various New England competitions and said she practices skating six days a week. “I love to do shows,” said Siraj after her performance. “This was a really good opportunity to show what I like to do.” She said she was excited at the opportunity...