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During their childhood, the neighborhood where the Sullivans lived--called Kerry Corner--was small, close-knit and, above all, Irish. The neighborhood changed forever after Harvard bought up much of the property there, but the Sullivans remain proud of their Irish roots. Ed, in fact, is an honorary citizen of Dublin, Ireland...
...massive reconstruction of the Freshman Union was once intended to knit together the Faculty's diverse humanities departments...
...bends over a teenage girl dressed only in a red knit sweater, a shrapnel wound on the back of her leg reeking of gangrene. Her name is Faida, her eyes are empty, waterless like the rest of her body, and Isabel can not find a vein to insert the intravenous tube that could save her. "The blood vessels close down as they are dying," she explains, failing to find a vein on one arm and trying the other. The girl resists: "Leave me alone." Isabel withdraws. "This one wants to die," she says, and the wound will kill her anyway...
...filled. "People can't come anymore because gas is so expensive," explains administrator Claudette Munro. "If they arrive here, it's to die." In the hospital's morgue, Munro pulls open a drawer holding the bodies of eight children. A newborn lies on top, still clad in pink knit baby booties. Next to him is the body of a young boy, whose ribs are so clearly visible they can be counted through the dead skin. "His father brought him in yesterday," explains Munro. "We gave him an IV. He opened his eyes finally -- and died...
...really special year," Walton says. "The six seniors were a close-knit unit, and all good friends. I'll never forget the Dartmouth game--that's part of what lacrosse is all about...