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...other city, if the leader of the nation were to come to the sickbed of a person grievously wounded by a terrorist bombing, the first thought in the victim's head would probably not be to praise the leader's economic policy. But for the young broker?and for most of those wounded in the Bombay blasts, who are able to afford the price of a first-class train ticket in large part due to the economic reforms that Singh set in motion as far back as the early 1990s?the admiration arises from the main reason why they live...
...abundance. Armed only with our Veritas watermarks, we found that institutions conceived by long-buried French kings were delighted to have us around. Admittedly, Harvard-sponsored cultural tourism is not for everyone. Our letters were singularly unsuccessful in getting us first-row places at the large open-air concerts held in Paris over the summer. Nightclubs and first-class travel compartments are similarly indifferent to the enthusiastic words of the Center for European Studies’ executive director. More importantly, to participate in this Harvardian opportunity, one must be able to take pleasure in the gloriously pompous and refined traditions...
...hearts are open when we're young, and the person we knew then can make a big impression. It's understandable that people want to go back to that experience," explains Doug Moseley, the co-author with his wife Naomi Moseley of Making Your Second Marriage a First-Class Success (Three Rivers Press). But, says Naomi, "it can be just as difficult to meet an old beau as a new person. Even though you have those memories, you have to realize...
Whether you stay here or move to other pastures, be involved in your community. Attend a city council meeting or a legislative hearing to voice your concerns. Use the first-class education you have received to contribute to the public good, especially in ways that most immediately benefit your community...
...that a group of professors would draft legislation on general education over the summer—meaning that the Faculty may vote on a possible successor to the Core Curriculum as early as the fall.Knowles, who did a two-year stint in the British Royal Air Force before graduating first-class from Oxford University, earned renown as a chemist before becoming an administrator. A scholar of enzymes, Knowles was the first to develop a full kinetic description of a simple enzyme-catalyzed reaction.That enzyme, triosephosphate isomerase, or TIM, is now known to chemistry students everywhere.AN INTERIM CHOICEWhen Bok took over...