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...proctor, I took it as a given that the Harvard officers were there to help me and my students. Now I know first-hand that the whole Square is safer and more secure, because of their work. Virginia L. Mackay-Smith '78 Assistant Dean of Harvard College
...first of these effects is increased understanding between different cultures. When communities are forced to recognize and integrate each other, enigmas that fed xenophobia spawn interest or at least neutrality. In the extreme, intermarriage creates a considerable obstacle to racial persecutions and war based on religious beliefs. Mixed marriages also offer opportunities for personal growth. They allow spouses to immerse themselves first-hand in another culture...
...then where did that leave me? I saw the government bureaucracy at work first-hand, and I also knew from personal experience how easy it is to lose sight of one's ideals working on the Hill, even as an intern. Yet I still wanted to believe that government can work. What possible reasons could I offer myself to maintain my faith in American democracy...
...many have seen by first-hand experience. Jennifer Rea, 15, allegedly shot to death her two younger sisters one afternoon last March with a .22-cal. pistol. Carlos Fisher, 16, put a .38-cal. pistol to his head in May while playing with some friends at his house and pulled the trigger, killing himself. Police believe he either was playing Russian roulette or assumed the gun was unloaded. Travis Hogue, 18, is accused of shooting and killing Nikki Chambers, 19, a male rival, in the rest room of a McDonald's in April with four shots from...
...Chinese participants] were able to see first-hand a lot of different levels of health care and speak to different types of people," said Maurer. "I think it's an incredible experience...