Word: laura
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...decision on the California ballot raised the profile of equal opportunity issues," said Laura Freid, executive vice president for external affairs at Brown University. "I think it was a wake-up call for universities across the country to examine them and to express their support for continued attention to diversity in university admissions...
...book clubs, however, are informal, private affairs, chautauquas in a bottle. Sometimes aided by bookstore "liaisons," who often sell them books at a discount and may even provide a meeting space, these do-it-yourself salons offer a literary booster shot for people nostalgic for dorm-room bull sessions. Laura Srebnik, 42, is a New York City policy analyst whose group meets once a month. "I love it," she says. "I believe you have to set up situations where you can think about larger principles." A high-powered book club in Washington, started by Kenneth Brody, the former president...
...Laura Ingraham, the CBS and MSNBC analyst, is as hard as a diamond. Her killer views against gays, feminists, gun-control advocates and welfare stand out even in that booming segment of the instant-pundit industry: right-wing women commentators. That's why her recent essay in the Washington Post apologizing for her rabid intolerance of gays dropped like a bombshell. Notorious in her student days for vilifying "sodomites" in the Dartmouth Review--and for sending a reporter to tape a Gay Students Association meeting, then naming names--she wrote that she changed her views after witnessing "the dignity, fidelity...
...DIED. LAURA NYRO, 49, intense and lyrical singer-songwriter whose free-form musical emotionalism captured for many the passions of the 1960s and 1970s; of ovarian cancer; in Danbury, Connecticut. Her unique blend of folk, soul, gospel and Broadway influenced many artists, some of whom turned her tunes into hits. A brief playlist: Wedding Bell Blues (Fifth Dimension), And When I Die (Blood, Sweat and Tears) and Stoney End (Barbra Streisand...
...Laura Dahmen, Claudia Asano, Holly Rogers, Chris Shortsleeve and Liz Schoyer scored for Harvard, and Keren Gudeman picked up an assist...