Word: fatherness
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...You’ve said that going to Harvard was very important for your father. Did this affect your view of the school...
...father was a refugee from the Russian Revolution. He came to the United States in 1919 and he actually went to Harvard College and graduated in the class of ’21. He wanted to become an American. He wanted his son to be an American citizen fully, in a way that he couldn’t quite be. I’m sure that he thought it was important that I should make good contacts with the establishment—particularly the moneyed in the establishment—so that I could make my way in an easy...
...self-proclaimed atheist in a more secular environment, Duncan says she is pleased to have people besides her agnostic father with whom to discuss her views on religion...
...scholarships over the past few years A fifth Harvard student won a Marhsall Scholarship but turned it down, instead opting to accept a Rhodes Scholarship. The Marshall Scholarship was founded in 1953 and was named in honor of U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who was the father of the Marshall plan that granted aid to post-war Europe...
...notion that Obama is a Shi'ite may be traced to Iran. In the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, state-run papers published articles claiming that the Democratic nominee's paternal ancestors had hailed from southwestern Iran. In reality, of course, Obama's father and his ancestors came from Kenya, where Shi'a Islam is rare. Most Kenyan Muslims are Sunnis and leaven their faith with pre-Islamic African traditions and beliefs. Obama himself has said he has no idea if his paternal grandfather (who converted from Christianity) was Sunni...