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...slight for football, he concentrated on golf, somewhat to the exclusion of grades. Then he went off to small, nearby DePauw University, where he played more golf, joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and earned grades so mediocre (a D in his major, political science) that 13 years later, the faculty initially voted to deny him an honorary degree, although it subsequently reversed itself...
...high- pressure, top-dollar professional jobs around Boston. In many families both parents work full time, as Josh's do. Success is trumpeted at Josh's school, as it is in Josh's family. More than one-third of the Maisels in his father's generation made Phi Beta Kappa. In Belmont some 90% of high school students go to college. Many fear dire consequences if they do not get into the "right" college, and competition for those cherished spots is keen. "In Belmont it's the gold medal or nothing," a parent said. "The bronze is not enough...
...four-eared Colombian god of thunder, chastened by his encounter with the sun-god Bochica? Or was it Chonchonyi, the revolting, bloodsucking god of Chile with the long, flapping ears? Shuddering, I stepped into the shower. As the hot, healing liquid bathed my shoulders, I felt like . . . like . . . like Kappa, the solemn little Japanese water demon, renowned for his punctilious manners. Or perhaps like Ahto, the water god of the ancient Finns, who lived under a sea cliff. (But then perhaps not. Ahto's beard was made of moss, and I had shaved already...
...Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth in 1968 and a Rhodes Scholar for the following two years, Reich served as Director of Policy Planning for the Federal Trade Commission from 1976 to 1981 under the Carter Administration, and was the Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General from 1974 to 1976 under Ford...
...Within twelve years of arriving in America at 16 with $25 in his pocket, Panos Dukakis, the candidate's father, had learned English and graduated from high school, Bates College and Harvard Medical School, the first Greek immigrant to do so. Michael's mother Euterpe Boukis, a Phi Beta Kappa, was graduated from Bates twelve years after her arrival from Greece. Although the two had crossed paths briefly a decade earlier, it was not until Panos finished his residency that he asked Euterpe for a date. It was a no-nonsense courtship. Their second time out, Panos proposed...