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After the earthquake that rocked Northern Pakistan, Farid, whose father??s family is from a village near the earthquake’s epicenter, spearheaded a coalition of student groups that planned relief events such as the Earthquake Banquet. “I realized it was more important than writing my thesis and worrying about schoolwork.” So instead, Farid fretted over catering, speakers, and venues...
...book “The Truth (With Jokes).” While still filled with his traditional political humor, the book is more serious than his previous publications, which at times was reflected in Franken’s speech. Reading aloud from a chapter with a passage about his father??s death, Franken choked up and needed a few moments to regain composure. But he was able to laugh it off. “I cry at a good McDonald’s commercial,” he said. The serious tone was also reflected when Franken spoke...
...Son” in his speech. The number one reason: “Every time a celebrity kills his wife, you say to yourself, ‘Hey, I’m gonna meet that guy,’” he said, alluding to his father??s role in defending Simpson and British tycoon Claus von Bülow. Mitchell D. Webber, a Law School student who works as a research assistant for Dershowitz, said the famed attorney inspired him to become a lawyer. But he also poked fun at Dershowitz’s teaching style...
...incredible strokes of luck could have placed me in either of them.I was first introduced to the final clubs by the Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard, which featured nothing more than a list of the eight organizations. Noting the apparent absence of a Greek system at Harvard, my father??who attended University of Texas at Austin–said, “Hey, Rex. These look like a pretty good deal. You should consider joining.” It seemed like reasonable advice. After all, my dad had been an Alpha Tau Omega in college...
...kids are troubled, and people keep throwing food at him. When his father (Michael Caine) is diagnosed with cancer, Spritz takes it as a sign he has to get his life in order; he starts with winning back his estranged family in an effort to win his dying father??s respect. Whatever one thinks of Cage’s style (he seems as polarizing a figure as the one he plays), he does a fine job of portraying the lonely everyman in search of existential meaning. Those who enjoyed Cage’s comic bumbling...