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...other hand, Bourke's use of first-hand material is admirable; she deftly explores soldiers' letters and diaries. Perhaps this book would be better read as a collection of war narratives than as a general history of killing...
...They seemed interested in every subject discussed," said Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67, who gave a presentation on information technology. "They were especially gratified to get a first-hand account of how a number of U.S. presidents cope with a set of challenges similar to the ones that they are facing...
...McCourt's ear for dialect is so flawless that I didn't notice he was reading from his second book. His talent first appeared in Angela's Ashes, the hugely successful childhood memoir that won a Pulitzer Prize. 'Tis is the sequel to that story, beginning with McCourt's journey to America on the MS Irish Oak in 1949, and ending in Belfast, 1985. In between, we experience first-hand the trials and triumphs of an American immigrant, from his days sweeping the lobby of the Biltmore hotel to striding down the halls of Stuyvesant as a respected teacher...
Even Sally Roth, whose best friend is black, admits that amid Webster's relative racial harmony, there are unsettling contradictions, which she experienced first-hand while dating a black guy at school. When she would visit her boyfriend at his home, some of the "popular white kids" at school would "make these rude comments about me going to Little Africa, Hershey Hill or Browntown. They were his friends too. It really pissed me off that they would say that behind his back." When Sally's black friends came to visit, new neighbors blamed them, without evidence, for a recent burglary...
...ideal means of finding one's place in society. It provides direct experience with the real world, while still allowing students to have some fun in college. If you want to be a doctor, rather than working in a lab, work for a children's outdoor program and get first-hand contact with the people to whom you will eventually be administering. If your interests lie in public policy, business or publishing, your interests are better served by knowing the people you intend to serve...