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...least, as fit as kids should be--and in that lies a debate. But everyone agrees that the shape so many kids find themselves in today--obese, sedentary and manifestly unfit--is a dangerous one. Changing things even a little makes a lot of children not only happier but a great deal healthier...
When I attended Class Day as a graduating senior, Gerald Ford was President, and an up-and-coming fellow named Alan Greenspan was his chief economic adviser. Just weeks earlier, the last Americans remaining in Saigon had been evacuated by helicopters. On a happier note, the Red Sox were on their way to winning the American League pennant. I skipped classes to attend a World Series game against the Cincinnati Reds. As was their wont in those days, the Sox came agonizingly close to a championship but ended up snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. On that score...
...learned that some of the people who didn’t think like me might be right—at least about some things. It’s true: we Boston fans are a little smug about our seemingly interminable parade of victories. Many Red Sox fans really are happier, in a perverse sort of way, when their team is losing. And Bill Belichick, it turns out, may not be the greatest guy.For this newfound perspective, I have my fellow Harvard students to thank. Without them, it would have been easy to remain convinced that my teams were inherently...
...Divo won its prize, he took the longer view. "For anybody in politics, it seems to me, to be ignored is worse than to be criticized," he said, adding, "I'm happy for the producer. If I'd had a share in the profits I'd be even happier...
Between songs, Rescorla called his wife. "Stop crying," he said. "I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I've never been happier. You made my life." Moments later, he had successfully evacuated the vast majority of Morgan Stanley employees. Then he turned around. He was last seen on the 10th floor, heading upward, shortly before the tower collapsed. His remains have never been found...