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...time husband and father, since John surprised us with the news of his extended vacation followed by an indefinite sabbatical that he was awarded for his dedication to his law firm these past 12 years. Can you believe that John’s modesty caused him to hide this honor from us for an entire month? John also had another surprise in store for us when he told us that he gave away our vacation house and sailboat to charity. He has been such a good example for the children. A self-described "freelance philosopher," John now spends most...
...both know it.That’s why this exercise in re-naming is illogical, misleading, and downright insulting.We know who we are, and we’re okay with it. As a fan, I wear my I-AA school distinction as a badge of honor. I’m not exactly in the business of playing professional sports, so I’ll take the higher academic standards, more scholarly focus, and smaller class-size that usually comes with schools in the I-AA mold. I can watch those other guys on TV, just like anybody else.If I were...
...doubt that Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, would raise his international profile in 2006. His schedule for the year included an official visit to China in March, chairing the G-8 summit in his hometown of St. Petersburg in July, and an invitation to be the guest of honor at a meeting of European Union leaders in Finland in October. Yet the way he dominated headlines around the world for much of the year - for better and for worse - may have come as a surprise even to the canny former kgb man, who has been in office since...
After winning 26 Grammy awards and garnering seven Oscar nominations, music impresario Quincy D. Jones was given a different kind of honor by the School of Public Health this week. Jones, who has also had a long career in humanitarian work, was selected as “Mentor of the Year” for January’s sixth annual National Mentoring Month campaign. “I am humbled and honored to have this title bestowed upon me,” Jones told The Crimson in an e-mail through his publicist, Arnold Robinson. “Throughout...
India's Prime Minister was in Tokyo Thursday for a historic summit, and although he was accorded the rare honor of addressing Japan's legislature, he couldn't make the front-page lead of the country's national newspapers. That territory belonged to Daisuke Matsuzaka, a 26-year-old pitcher whose six-year, $52 million contract with the Boston Red Sox (plus another $51 million Boston paid to Matsuzaka's old team, the Seibu Lions, just for the right to negotiate with him) is the most lucrative deal ever for a player coming out of Japan. That...