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Despite the silence, the locals feel that, by itself, Obama's brief 22-hour visit spoke volumes - and more importantly reflected the islands' ethos and culture. Take the nickname he uses for his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham. It's short for tutu, the Hawaiian term for grandmother. And, to the islanders, it means that even though Obama may be the U.S. senator from Illinois, he really is at heart a Honolulu-born, son of Hawai'i who will drop anything to care for his family, says another Hawaii-born politician, Democratic state Sen. Clayton Hee. "It is all at once...
...early October, Madelyn Dunham, her mobility already limited by osteoporosis, slipped in her apartment and broke her hip. She has since suffered from undisclosed, serious medical problems. Obama made the decision to temporarily postpone his campaign on Thursday night and Friday because he did not want to live through the same experience in 1995 when he arrived too late to say farewell to his mother who died of cancer at the age of 53, says U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie. "Those of us who live here in the Islands are used to how long it takes to get here," Abercrombie says...
...makes sense that now he would do things differently. Just two weeks before Election Day, Obama has decided to leave his campaign to be by his grandmother's side in Honolulu for two days later this week. Madelyn Dunham, 86, is gravely ill, although the campaign has not released details about her condition. Dunham is Obama's last living parental figure, and by his own accounts, she played as big a role in his upbringing as his mother...
...When Madelyn M. Ho ’08 arrived at Harvard, she had a clear plan: concentrate in the sciences, prepare for medical school, and, in her free time, continue dancing ballet as a hobby. Four years later, the chemical and physical biology concentrator is set to join a six-member professional dance company founded by renowned choreographer Paul Taylor...
...Madelyn M. Ho ’08 began her dance career choreographing her own routines to a cassette tape of “Amazing Grace” at the age of six. Now, approaching the end of her senior year at Harvard, the Chemical and Physical Biology concentrator plans to move to New York after graduation and pursue dance professionally. Ho, who is classically trained, was exposed to modern dance for the first time at Harvard and attributes her decision to pursue a career in the field to the University’s dance program. “It?...