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Much of Farmer’s discomfort is not so much with Kidder or the book as with his own fame??what he describes as the unintended side effects of his relentless efforts to promote Partners in Health’s agenda of a preferential option for the poor. Paul Farmer may not be a household name, but as infectious-disease doctors go, he is a veritable celebrity...
...Metaphysical Club was hardly his first taste of fame??a fame which extends to Harvard’s students as well as its top English faculty. Among hundreds of publications and press mentions in the last five years, Menand published “The Thin Envelope” in the pages of the New Yorker this April...
...Harvard himself presented. Why was he on top of this quote? John Harvard as a beneficiary, as a mascot of sorts, sure, but who thinks of him as a role model? Had he ever chosen a good name over great riches, or love over wealth? His one claim to fame??mysterious, nondescript historical figure that he is—seems to be that he accumulated wealth over his lifetime and decided to donate a large portion of that wealth to Harvard upon his death...
...Grand Prix Raceway. Because of my short stature, my mom controlled the pedal while I, barely visible, clutched the wheel as the racecar sputtered and jerked along at an exhilarating 10 miles per hour. The following year I had my first brush with television fame??and with a pre-”Felicity” Keri Russell—as I sat in on a taping of “The Mickey Mouse Club.” The festivities at my ninth birthday party included a Polynesian luau at one of the Disney resort hotels. In fifth grade...
Future Fame: “That’s going to be your 15 minutes of fame??developing and social planning. Living well—that’s going to be the key. A feeling of plenty.” My stomach growled. “Socialized medicine, too, a kind of planned living of sorts.” Like Disney’s town of Celebration? “You’re not going to tell everybody what you’re doing until it’s ready—and only when you?...