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Taproot tailors the volunteer efforts of its business experts to fit their lives. Each volunteer agrees to work five hours a week on a five-month project with a five-member team, each providing pro bono the same service that he provides for paying clients. Taproot member Candice Laxton, 54, a creative director in Menlo Park, Calif., helped produce a brochure for SAVE (Safe Alternatives to Violent Environments), an advocacy group for abused women. Laxton is typical of many boomers who, in earlier years, put some of their youthful activism on hold while establishing careers and families...
When I discovered “The Pony Project” in a fit of nostalgia the other day, I was intrigued. Showing in New York City this past week was a showcase of giant “My Little Ponies” customized by various artists. But my quest for further information was interrupted by the first glimpse of one done-up-doll. When exactly did “My Little Pony” become anorexic?Perhaps this was just an exaggerated effect, since these 18-inch ponies are for painting, not play, I thought. But confronting the actual...
...Back Into Getting Into You” is a slow-burning love ballad, and album closer “There Is a Place” bridges the gulf between country and gospel with electrifying results. Rumor has it that Berman wrote “Tanglewood” in a fit of inspiration after a protracted stay in rehab and a suicide attempt. The recurrence of heartache and depression as song themes suggests that there may be some truth to the gossip. But such a narrow focus risks missing the album’s genuinely hilarious moments, like Berman?...
...lest one naively think, “I can be different. I do not fit this Harvard mold,” I would have to correct you. Think of how you got here. You did well in school, because that was what one was supposed to do. You played a musical instrument, because your parents inculcated that ability as a symbol of excellence. You ran for leadership positions because your teachers encouraged you to do so. (Of course there are some genuinely brilliant kids who have developed their talents without such constant prodding, but they fall...
...dress with furry white Mukluks and a fur parka. She slips into the bedroom to change. Soon, she is padding around the suite in bare feet with red pedicured toes. She is Elizabeth R. Whitman ’06, the CEO of Lewis Albert Corp., as well as the fit model for the collection...