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...many recent alums have far more varied patterns of employment, and more complicated relationships with their fellow graduates, than they anticipated while still at Harvard. In metropolitan areas like New York City, where it is not uncommon for entire blocking groups to relocate together, more is at stake for groups of once-close friends than which restaurant to dine at. When two people can’t see eye to eye on what form putting one’s money—or one’s time—where one’s mouth is should take, patterns...
...plus bonus salary (or wealthy parents) make themselves almost immediately apparent. Many students who already have banking jobs are blasé about their housing prospects, while their peers are already obsessively poring over Craigslist and calculating the least they can possibly spend on rent and still live in coveted metropolitan areas like New York City. “To be honest, I’m not too familiar with how much living in New York would cost,” says Gupta. She knows she’ll be making enough to cover...
Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 wants to bring gambling closer to Harvard. He has announced a plan to open three casinos in Massachusetts—one for the western half of the state, one for the South Shore, and one for metropolitan Boston, the last of which could set up shop near Logan Airport. Some Harvardians might gasp to think that such vice could soon be only a Blue Line ride away. But such opponents of Patrick’s casino plan must realize the greater good that it figures to do for the Commonwealth...
...political district of Mahmudiyah lies just south of metropolitan Baghdad and includes the violent urban centers of Yusifiyah, Latifiyah and Mahmudiyah. It shares a rough-and-tumble neighborhood with Anbar to the west and Babil to the south. A mixed region of Shi'a and Sunni, city and country, the mostly agricultural region suffers all the sectarian, economic and political woes of the capital. While the region's Sunni and Shi'ite tribes battled each other for land and primacy, they found a common enemy in the U.S. troops stationed there. But that situation changed about four months...
Thea S. Morton ’06-’08, definitely looks the part of a fashion designer. In an all-black ensemble (except for a chic pair of snakeskin moccasins), the six-foot-one couture connoisseur exudes confidence. Within minutes of finding out the metropolitan theme of this year’s contest, Morton has formulated a vision for her project. “I knew I wanted to use newspaper from the get-go,” she explains. “I’m intrigued with the idea of found materials as opposed to going...