Word: halpern
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After years of capturing Harvard janitors, dining hall workers and security guards on film as they toiled in empty hallways and crowded kitchens, Greg Halpern ’99 decided to share with the community the faces of the men and women he calls the under-appreciated members of Harvard University...
...Halpern says he became intrigued by Harvard workers at a meeting held by the Progressive Student Labor Movement during their 1999 Living Wage Campaign, in his senior year...
Alternately, intelligent people may appear stupid because they have problems adapting to their current circumstances. Bill Clinton was never caught for infidelity when he was the governor of Arkansas, writes Diane F. Halpern in “Sex, Lies and Audiotape,” so his later behaviour seemed appropriate given his prior learning. But Clinton’s greater responsibility and more intense scrutiny as President rendered his actions even more stupid than before because this time he was more liable to get caught. Stupidity is about frame of reference. A day laborer with...
...conundrum for mothers in their 20s: the best years for having children coincide with the best years for establishing a career. Hewlett suggests "backward mapping": decide what you want from life by a certain age, and plan backward from there. Easier said than done, perhaps, but not for Leah Halpern, 27, of Hillsdale, N.J. Determined not to end up "a 35-year-old assistant," she took a big pay cut to move from Vanity Fair to a smaller magazine before having her baby, so she could get the more elevated job title she will need on her resume when...
...Emily J. Halpern...