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Neustadt’s knowledge was an asset to those presidents whom he counseled, and his firsthand experiences with the occupants of the Oval Office made him a unique resource to the University...
...Dixon, 64, thought she knew all about grief and loss from her years as a hospice administrator. But when she and her husband Bob, 66, moved from Yellow Springs, Ohio, to a small mountain community in North Carolina to be near their son, she started to learn about loss firsthand. "We'd lived in Ohio for 32 years. Suddenly, I lost a community and job that I loved, a house we'd built ourselves, easy contact with most of our family and friends," she says. "When I got to North Carolina, the house didn't smell like my house...
Gross said that he, too, has been trying to get a better idea of student life. In mid-September, he said took a walk—unnoticed—through the Quad on a Saturday night to observe the social scene firsthand...
...creating a forum for discussion on such a neglected topic, Road to Success will provide the Harvard community with the chance to learn firsthand how four successful women of color have effectively navigated their identities in the workplace...
...carried that integrity around the world. "He's loved in countries that don't even like Americans," says singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who was a janitor at a Nashville recording studio in 1965 when he first met Cash. "I've seen that firsthand in the places we've played. People love him because of everything he represents: freedom, justice for his fellow man. He is unlike any other artist I've ever known. He's as comfortable with the poor and prisoners as he is with Presidents. He's crossed over all age boundaries, all political boundaries. I like...