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...great civil rights leaders of the 20th century. The Institute’s founder, Law School professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Houston’s son, Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr., were both in attendance at Saturday’s event. “The Institute embodies my father??s ideals by continuing his fight for social justice,” Houston said. —Staff writer Courtney P. Yadoo can be reached at cyadoo@fas.harvard.edu...
...young woman, Bachelet coped with her father??s kidnapping, torture, and death. This came at the hands of the rightist authoritarian regime of Pinochet. Shortly thereafter, she and her mother were also captured, tortured, imprisoned, and eventually exiled. She returned to Chile, finished her medical studies, and, after a distinguished career of public service in health and defense, became the first female president of Chile—making her story yet more extraordinary. As a former political prisoner herself, her empathy and compassion might go hand in hand with her politics. But this is not the case...
...which came at the expense of more leisurely and amorous pursuits: “I perceived a growing Curiosity, a Love of Books and a fondness for Study, which dissipated all my inclination for Sports, and even the Society of the Ladies.”Following closely in his father??s footsteps, John Quincy Adams, class of 1788, was similarly academically occupied during his time in Cambridge. In 1787 he was charged with the unhappy task of defending the practice of Law at Harvard’s Spring Exhibition, according to the Harvard Guide. Rutherford B. Hayes?...
...love the idea of exploring these cultures,” Jillson said. Among the procession of parade-goers were many families eager to expose their children to Chinese culture. Kristen Sopko, a resident of Waltham Mass., came with her four-year-old daughter Katherine, who sat on her father??s shoulders to get a better view of the festivities. “We only read about it or saw it on TV,” Sopko said. “We want to get her used to different things.” This year marks the Kong?...
...continued the theme of personal development, using her oil painting as a way to acknowledge and commemorate her growth in her relationship with her father. The painting depicts her mother and father as collections of hands. Her mother’s hands reach outwards and her father??s hands inwards.“I wanted to honor and respect my dad now that I’m finally getting to know him,” Escobedo said. “But I didn’t just want to paint him the way he looked. Our hands convey...