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...voting rights, the meaning of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and more. Marshall himself was larger than life—not self-important. He was full of amazing stories about presidents and civil rights leaders and great figures in American history—many of whom he actually knew, such as the Kennedys, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. Marshall was one of the world’s best storytellers and I would say that every day was a privilege to be able to interact with...
...attend the conference, as well as the huge after party. Attracting all this talent was easier than Hwang expected. “In certain Internet circles, I think we’re bigger than Jesus,” he says. Ryan North, author of the popular Dinosaur Comics, knew instantly that he had to attend. “I remember thinking, ‘this is ridiculous,’” North says. “This is going to be absurd and I want to be a part of this.” Though humor...
...Stuff of Thought,” Steven Pinker talks about the fable of The Emperor’s New Clothes: “Every onlooker knew that the king was naked, but they had no way of being sure that the others knew, and so were intimidated into silence. All it took was for one boy to say ‘The emperor has no clothes!’ and the crowd burst into laughter. Crucially, the boy was not telling a single person anything he didn’t already know. But his words still conveyed information. The information...
...several options available, she explains why she plumped for donning the Crimson of Harvard.“I think that what drew me here to Harvard was just spending a couple of days with the team on my official visit,” she says. “I knew that, no matter what place I was going to be at, I needed to be surrounded by the right people, and I really feel that I’m surrounded by an amazing amount of character here.” Ever the consummate team player, Nichols connection with her rest...
...showed enough maturity to carry Harvard to the finish line on a day when the more experienced players at the top of the lineup came up short.HARVARD 4, COLUMBIA 3 Even though the Crimson handily defeated the eventual league champion Lions last year at the Murr Center, the team knew it wouldn’t be easy.“Going down to their facility was going to be a bear of a challenge,” said Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72.That challenge grew harder when the decisive action moved away from court one and into...