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...counterfeiters you write about seem to have a certain reverence for the crime's long history. Art's mentor, a man nicknamed "Da Vinci," insisted on listening to Italian opera while making fake bills because the music itself was old. Is that romantic aura part of what drew Art into the crime? Well, I think initially what drew him in was the desire to make money. But it does take a certain sensibility to be a producer of counterfeit money; you have to have an artistic sense. You have to have a respect for the craft and a creative personality...
...Hammonds maintained this reserved and “tough” personality. As a graduate student at Harvard in history of science, Hammonds was “poised,” “direct,” and “not effusive,” says her mentor, Professor Everett I. Mendelsohn...
...stage when he did those shows,” he said. “I think when he became a scientist, he started giving talks and realized how much he enjoyed it.”DOWN TO A SCIENCEJust as he roamed the halls in search of a willing mentor in the seventh grade, Greene said he would “unabashedly knock on professors’ doors” at Harvard. He asked astrophysics professor James M. Moran if he could conduct research in his lab. Moran was surprised at the time that a physics student would seek...
...There is something very special about this team.” Crimson coach Stephanie Morawski said after Ivies. “They are very positive and work together. They mentor each other and support each other. On every little opportunity they rose up to the challenge. And all those little things together add up and make the difference...
...lower-court decision in a very brief ruling. Four months later, she was part of a 7-6 majority that decided not to rehear the case before the full appeals court. Writing for the six dissenters, Judge Jose Cabranes, a Clinton appointee who has been something of a mentor for Sotomayor, said the majority "failed to grapple with the questions of exceptional importance raised in this appeal." The three-judge panel's "perfunctory disposition," he wrote, contained "no reference whatsoever to the constitutional claims at the core of this case" - unusually blunt language for a court known for its collegiality...