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Another interesting facet of Williams is the Junior Advisor system, which is like the Residential Advisor system, but cooler, because they don't tell on you. First-year students live in "entries" which consist of about twenty first-years plus two Junior Advisors (JAs). JAs are chosen through a competitive process to act as big brothers and sisters for their entry. They probably won't beat you up like your older brother did, though...
...been the increasing realization that Harvard may be churning out dangerously one-dimensional individuals. The College does have much to offer that is rare and precious--a first-rate liberal arts education, a diverse array of extracurricular offerings, the chickwich--but these offerings can only sustain one facet of a well-rounded individual...
...Bethge's collection of translated poems The Chinese Flute. At this point, Ozawa was not only conducting the BSO, but also two singers, Ben Heppner and Thomas Quastoff, who rounded out the tenor and bass-baritone voice parts. The work was divided into five parts that explored a different facet of Mahler's self-contemplation. In the first piece, known as the "drinking song," a man laments that "Dark is life, dark is death" and copes by losing himself in drink. The second piece, "The Solitary in Autumn," was hardly more sanguine; the singer moaned "I weep in my loneliness...
...same time, Verghese is just as honest about himself and his thoughts and fears. He wonders how his sons will handle their parents' separation, insecurely fears that Smith is only playing tennis with him to be nice and contemplates a facet of his philosophy on life. Verghese paints a refreshing portrait of himself not as a grand savior, but as someone vulnerable and insecure, sometimes more so than his patients...
...bright. My child will excel in school. My child will make me proud." Industries are built on such aspirations. There are black-and-white mobiles to stimulate the senses and tapes of Mozart for Your Mind. Later come investments in Reader Rabbit software, encyclopedias and lessons to train every facet of body, brain and soul. But a child's success cannot be purchased, nor, to the frustration of parents everywhere, can it be wished into being...