Word: kristofer
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...illustrate the gap between textbook and empirical knowledge, the nasal-toned Kristof recalled a move he made to China to serve as a Beijing bureau chief. Though he had mostly mastered the local language in advance, Kristof said, he still managed to mistake his home’s doorbell—which, in Chinese characters, was labeled “electronic sound-carrying device”—for espionage equipment planted by the Chinese government...
...incident, Kristof said, was a reminder that education is an “essential preparation for life in the real world, but education continues thereafter...
...come to see your own life and neighborhood in very different ways when you have engaged with other problems around the world,” Kristof added...
...Kristof wished such a change in perspective upon the members of his audience, drawing his final applause—a standing ovation—after stating that “out there you are going to acquire that wisdom and that empathy and that compassion, that I hope one day will make you fall apart at the sight of a birdfeeder...
...Kristof also drew applause earlier in the speech—including the point when he asserted that Harvard had “lagged in following up” on its initial leadership in the Darfur divestment movement, and expressed hope that the University resume its guidance in that regard...