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...another sense the departures were disheartening. Perhaps some undergraduates—those of us who went to prep schools, those of us who have family members who came here, those who were never hopeless naïfs—never believed in a mythologized Harvard peopled by Charles-sculling geniuses. But for the rest of us, “Harvard” once meant a remote and rarefied place, full of extraordinary people...
Michael Schiavo’s efforts have led to the removal last Friday of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube, the only means by which she receives nourishment. Terri Schiavo’s case had not been hopeless; although she appears to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS), at least fourteen medical specialists, including Dr. William P. Chesire, a neurologist from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, and renowned neurologist Dr. William Hammesfahr, have suggested that she is definitely not. Even a doctor appointed by Michael Schiavo to investigate his wife’s health has admitted his surprise...
...shoot-out involving her manager and another friend. She's got to be frontin'. The risqu rapper, whose star has tarnished a bit in recent years, is facing the ultimate show-biz pick-me-up: jail time. What's more, it's for protecting her crew with a completely hopeless lie. She said she didn't see the men at the scene of the crime, even though a security camera had footage of one of them holding an elevator door for her. Did someone say "street cred...
...Women in the U.S. and other countries contribute $27 a month for a year to women in a conflict zone. And they exchange letters. The cash is for the war victim to buy food and pay for her children's schooling. The letters help overcome the bitterness. "You feel hopeless," Salbi says. "Then a stranger writes to say, 'I care. I am listening to you.'" Last year women in the program exchanged 44,000 letters. Salbi is looking to expand. Says she: "It is cheaper to build peace than go to war." --By Margot Roosevelt
...plan because investment companies donated to his campaigns. A top Republican adviser says members are telling him they will need better ammunition before facing constituents again during the Easter recess. If the momentum can't be turned around by then, an already difficult fight will start to look hopeless. --By Massimo Calabresi. With reporting by Perry Bacon Jr., Matthew Cooper and Karen Tumulty