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...After giving up the baby for adoption and getting a quickie marriage to get herself out of New York, Kominsky Crumb winds up in San Francisco where she discovers the circle of early women comix artists who would establish "Wimmin's Comix," the pioneering feminist underground comic book. While acknowledging the importance of her meeting this group, her characterization of the core contributors ("a backbiting, nasty group of women") typifies the author's blunt and often surprising revelations in this book...
...semantics. It’s an entirely different program which doesn’t just strive for student enrollment, but rather seeks a long-term relationship with another university. These aren’t just weekend flings—it’s about trust, trust that helps to establish a network of universities for Harvard to deal with. And for the record: We’re mighty popular.Discovering the Exchange Rate“Exchange programs are typically an arrangement between two universities to exchange undergraduates,” associate director of the Office of International Programs (OIP) Leslie...
...since she took over as principal of Foothill High School two years ago, JoAnn Murphy has wanted to involve parents in their children's education. It's hardly an original notion, but considering that the 100 students at the Albuquerque school are all incarcerated juvenile offenders, her application to establish a Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) at the school was groundbreaking. "It showed that in all venues it's important to have parental involvement," says Anna Weselak, national PTA president...
...Although it’s unwise for Xiaonei to copy another website, I still think [the site] has good original intentions to establish a platform for college students’ networking,” she said. “Especially, its exclusiveness of users and openness of information distinguishes itself from existing platforms like blogs and college BBS [bulletin board systems...
When Jack R. Meyer, former CEO of the Harvard Management Company (HMC), left the University to establish his own hedge fund with a record-setting $6 billion, investors expected him to continue his string of market-beating performance. This past year, however, showed that even veteran investors can struggle in changing markets. Meyer, who headed HMC from 1990 until September 2005, is credited with growing Harvard’s $4.7 billion endowment to $25.9 billion before his departure. His success at Harvard led the University to initially invest $500 million with Meyer’s new fund—Convexity...