Word: khentov
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kind of corny," says Khentov proudly, "but my neighborhood is unique...There is total harmony, from Puerto Ricans to an expanding China town, as well as Orthodox Jews, African Americans...
...Khentov's neighborhood one routinely hears at least 10 different languages, and the casual passer-by will smell an array of ethnic foods including tacos, five varieties of noodles and maybe even a little gefilte fish. For Khentov, even the long return trip to Cambridge could not erase thoughts of such casual beauty, of his racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood...
...Like Khentov, Evans is unabashedly proud of his neighborhood, Sound View, a low-income community in the heart of the Bronx. Yet he is realistic about the tidal pull of crime that moves with a constant ebb and flow through the close-knit series of apartments surrounding...
Austin's amazement at the sheltered life manyundergrads lead before arriving in the Square isnot unusual. In fact, other inner-city nativesdescribe similar reactions. Khentov admits thatunconsciously upon arriving at "peaceful andquiet" Harvard, he automatically had a common bondwith other inner-city natives like Austin, who hassince become a close friend...
...When Khentov's family emigrated to the U.S.from Russia 11 years ago, they moved to the LowerEast side of Manhattan to live with hisgrandparents. Although Khentov attended the laudedStuyvesant High School across town, he still hasfond memories of just hanging out at home, beingable to safely go places whenever he wanted...