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...Gleneagles Hotel] led me very clearly to believe that they were in the latter stages of negotiations [with Harvard]," Fraser said. "The view from Peter Lederer at the Gleneagles Hotel is as reported. He claims to be in talks with four business schools...
...look for reasons not to send Elian back--a U.S. immigration officer stationed in Cuba met with Elian's father Juan Miguel at his Cardenas home (without Cuban officials present). They met again on New Year's Eve in the Havana home of a United Nations diplomat. The latter location was deliberate: U.S. officials were worried that Juan Miguel might be manipulated by Castro and wanted a location that was unlikely to be bugged. The goal of the inquisition was to determine just how close father and son really were. Elian's family in Miami had told investigators that Juan...
Until the Ice Cream Man called, I thought I was a phony. Writing, after all, isn't like computer programming or shoe cobbling. Everyone can write, so my job is like being a professional talker or doodler, the latter of which, oddly enough, the New Yorker employs. But when the Ice Cream Man in Greenwich, N.Y., announced I'd won its Name That Ice Cream Flavor contest, I realized I indeed had a skill. My work, delivered under the pseudonym of a local resident, crushed the non-professional competition. I not only deserved my paycheck from TIME, but could probably...
...need look no further than the fact that "legacy" students on campus quite often elicit whispers and snickers behind their backs from "real" Harvard students. The latter know that they didn't have to rely on Dad's name or money to get them into the college, gaining entrance instead by virtue of their hard work. The top efforts garner the top rewards--this is the model that has become entrenched in our brains. And this mindset will serve us well the rest of our lives...
...people have a tough time accepting this fact--that for all of their hard work, they might not get as sweet a deal as those who know more people, even if the latter don't shine as brightly in the classroom. This, I think, is the rationale behind many individuals' peculiar distaste for final clubs and similar organizations at Harvard. It's not the exclusivity of such groups that bothers people, it's the fact that they allow access to a large network of individuals who can help them out in the real world. It gives members...