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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Brian T. DeVries '98, a graduate from CabotHouse, said the main reason he did not give wasthat the Cabot senior gift chairs did not heavilysolicit...
...main factor...was that is wasn't pushed inthe house," DeVries said...
...biggest problems for boys in our culture, says Gurian, is that adults, especially female ones, need to be educated about "what a boy is." Evolved from hunter-gatherer primates whose main purpose was survival, boys' uniquely fragile brains are not equipped to handle emotive data in the same way girls' are. So boys are by their nature emotionally insecure. At the same time, their several daily surges of testosterone "hardwire" them to be dominant and physically aggressive and to solve problems quickly. It is the job of parents--in particular, fathers or male mentors--to help them resolve this contradiction...
...founder is finally back at the core of the company and beginning to put a bite on its decline, but he's still a nobody to security guards. Following his keynote address at the Mac World convention in New York City, Jobs suddenly found himself barred from the main show floor by a zealous young security guard who observed that Jobs didn't have the appropriate pass. When the many Appleistas with him offered him theirs, the security guard threatened to confiscate the passes and call state troopers. Despite the flurry of frantic cell-phone calls and cries...
...WHAT HAPPENED] Main proponent of a disastrous cavalry raid on Richmond, he was transferred...