Word: joy
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...said Choi, who relayed his experiences fleeing from North Korea to members of the Harvard community in Emerson Hall yesterday, at an event that was part of the Harvard Undergraduates for Human Rights in North Korea’s (HRiNK) Awareness Week. Unfortunately, Choi’s moment of joy passed quickly. Choi had been held against his will by a man who had convinced him to travel with him to see Choi’s mother. Instead, Choi was held for a ransom of $50,000. It was only after the customers at his exiled mother?...
...that even the worst reports have no effect on me. I simply can't believe that one day I'll be able to leave the house without the yellow star. Or even that this war will end one day ... If this happens, I will probably lose my mind from joy...
...Eagan, who made her marathon debut yesterday, remarked on the huge boost she got when kids lining the street reached out for high fives and the joy on their faces when she obliged. But for Eagan, missing yesterday’s classes came at a bigger cost...
This afternoon, Harvard students will congregate in Tercentenary Theater for an orgy of hot dogs and background music. The administration and its student handmaidens will dole out a concentrated blast of merriment to distract us from merriment missing elsewhere. White plastic barriers will border out a little rectangle of joy and shouting. And at the center of this spectacle, splashed across all of Yardfest’s promotional literature and giving form to its carefree spirit, will be the tire swing...
...English thesis advisor at Harvard. Ganeshananthan admits in her acknowledgments that Kinkaid’s “particular brand of meticulous attention continues to be the standard for which I strive,” and there are multiple moments when Ganeshananthan soars to the same heights of literary joy as her mentor. When Yalini describes her similarity to her Aunt Uma, Ganeshananthan’s prose takes off: “Uma was not there, not there to the point that when the temple lamp was passed she dipped her fingers into the fire instead of hovering...