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Roger Rosenblatt has a gift for putting thoughts into perfect words. His piece "Stand by Me--for a Moment," on loyalty--or the lack of it [ESSAY, Feb. 21], came at a good time for me, as I'm on my sixth job in nine years. When the delicate question of loyalty comes up in conversations with ex-colleagues, my comment is, "If you want loyalty, get yourself a dog." My last boss had two. GULU EZEKIEL New Delhi
...fact that so many of us in so many different places stopped to remember Navin is the greatest testament of all to a life well-lived. Navin was remembered with not one memorial service, but hundreds. Yesterday, I found Navin's Rhodes essay on the Web, at http://adams.student.harvard.edu/fellowships/Navins_winning_essay.htm. It is there as a model for other students aspiring to win the scholarship. But what it says provides a model for us all. "Tomorrow is never guaranteed," Navin wrote--four words he seemed to truly understand...
...look at everything: the personal essay, the grades, evidence of research ability, preparation in terms of previous classes, letters of recommendation writers, GRE scores, everything that's in there," Cutler said...
From 8 p.m.--when the dinner crew clears out--until sunrise, groups of students gather to scrutinize problem sets and essay topics. Impromptu crowds form to chat about almost everything, from Ghungroo...
...Lehrer, says he was caught up in this story "not only because of the horrific situation of a child killing another child but also because the larger context of the story seems to connect to so many other problems in the country." The prolific Rosenblatt wrote this week's Essay as well, on our winner-take-all society's lost appreciation for the beautiful loser...