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...fancy; his poems, plays, political treatises, paintings, drawings and even typography all deftly recycle the stuff of his own life story. Born in Glasgow's East End in 1934, Gray was always as at home with words and pictures as he was set apart from society by his lifelong asthma and eczema. At Glasgow's School of Art, he specialized in mural-painting before graduating to a life of persistent penury with a four-year, wage-free commission to paint The Seven Days of Creation on the ceiling and walls of a local church. Almost no one saw it before...
...Frankly, as a history major and lifelong admirer of such eminent Harvard historians as Ernest R. May, I have enormous respect for this profession. As I was leaving Harvard more than four decades ago, I had two paths open to me—one toward life as an academic historian, another toward life as a journalist. I chose the latter, in the belief that a fine journalist does indeed bring so many of the same skills to the service of his public as an historian—chronicling events as they happen, using all the various sources open to journalist...
Rangel is a lifelong Harlem resident. After dropping out of high school and being wounded in the Korean War, he went on to get a bachelor's degree from New York University and a law degree from St. John's University. After working as an assistant U.S. attorney, he was elected to the New York State Assembly and then Congress in 1970. He was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and has championed many causes in the House, including low-income housing in urban communities and divestment from U.S. companies operating in South Africa during apartheid...
...Wall Street, the Harvard community is hardly lacking when it comes to interesting summers.But for senior Emily Cross and freshman Noam Mills of the Harvard fencing team, this summer went far beyond the norm for even the overly ambitious Harvard students. This summer meant the fulfillment of a lifelong dream at the Olympics in Beijing.“Ever since I was a child, my biggest dream was to go and succeed there,” Mills said. “So I fulfilled the first part, I got there, but I didn’t do so well...
DIED The founder of a Tibetan-studies program at Indiana University and author of the autobiography Tibet Is My Country, Taktser Rinpoche was a committed and lifelong advocate for his homeland. Yet Rinpoche, who was born Thubten Jigme Norbu, didn't always see eye to eye with his younger brother, the Dalai Lama. Though they remained close personally, politically Rinpoche supported absolute independence, while the Dalai Lama worked toward a compromise of "meaningful autonomy." Rinpoche...