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...asked whether a Native American great-grandmother could help the chances of an applicant who was “raised white.” Scott described another “ridiculous” case where a father encouraged his son to write about being Native American in his application essay, though the son was first told of his background during the application process...
...oddly enough, is evidence of the traits that define him. As a journalist for the New Yorker, Mehta refused to be limited by his blindness; he traveled on assignments with guides who described how things and people looked, and he insisted on going everywhere and "seeing" everything. He wrote essays and books on Oxford philosophy, German theology, Gandhi's fight with his sexuality, the life of the writer R.K. Narayan, and Indira Gandhi's political fall and resurrection. His masterpiece is a long essay on Calcutta called "The City of Dreadful Night"?a jarring, clangorous, minor-key symphony, alive with...
...dismayed by the title of Charles Krauthammer's essay "Shock and Awe" [Jan. 24]. That was the name used by the U.S. military for massive bombings and missile attacks on Iraq at the start of the invasion. Krauthammer referred to the shock of the tsunami and marveled at humanity's overwhelming generosity in response to the disaster, but using a phrase associated with the Iraq war was unfortunate. His commentary ignored the misery and destruction of war. The tsunami was a natural disaster; the Iraqi tragedy was man-made...
Sandford Kreisberg, founder of Cambridge Essay Service, an admissions consulting firm for applicants to elite business schools, said that the Times’ rankings do not influence where students choose to apply...
...have just started .on an essay on Governor Smith, having completed one on Woodrow Wilson a fortnight...