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...JOHN ADAMS The second U.S. President lacked the charisma of such fellow Founding Fathers as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin (and who didn't?), but David McCullough's sprightly, magisterial biography makes a strong case for John Adams' importance, both to his contemporaries and to posterity. Sensible, independent, rather prim, Adams was among the first to advocate American independence, and he displayed a crucial steadying hand during his four years as Chief Executive while the toddling Republic stretched beyond baby steps. Filled with fascinating people, momentous events, shrewd insights and excerpts from letters between Adams and his wife...
Pomey herself has “two little sisters from Jefferson Park One-to-One,” Vicky (10) and Fanny (8), whose favorite activity is to accompany her to the Winthrop dining hall for grilled cheese sandwiches and socializing with the college kids. Josh Cogswell ‘02, who directed the summer camp with Pomey, notes that “making connections with people is a big part of what she loves. She became so close to her summer campers that she even stayed overnight with one of their families one time...
Fast-forward to 2001. Korpi, who before retirement had roamed no farther from Flint, Mich., than Mexico and Canada, is an international troubleshooter who analyzes plant operations and car dealerships in places like Indonesia, Thailand and China. In November 1999, he hooked up with Jefferson Wells International, a firm that places auditors, accountants and other specialists in temporary assignments. The jobs are fulfilling and lucrative. Yet he manages to play plenty of golf. His GM buddies are amazed. So is Korpi: "I still can't believe I asked for the extra 15 days to think about...
...Jefferson also drew a clear distinction between what she called “the right to life” movement and the anti-abortion movement...
...personally don’t agree with what Jefferson said, but I did find her views very enlightening,” Yevglevskaya said. “She was very clear in distinguishing between the right to life movement and the anti-abortion movement...