Word: michigan
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Wilson, now a professor of political science atthe University of Michigan, is optimisticconcerning the future of black students atHarvard. Although Wilson acknowledged in a recentessay the difficulties of dealing with stereotypeson campus, he emphasized the importance ofindividual action and initiative...
That style was forged in postwar Waukegan, Ill., a Lake Michigan shore town about 50 miles north of Chicago. A housekeeper's daughter, Betty Williams was ambitious and nimble. When she and her neighborhood friends moved from a mostly black elementary school to the mostly white high school, she left behind her black friends without embittering them. "In advancing herself, she kind of faded away from us," says classmate Nathan Booker. "But nobody held it against her because she was always nice and courteous." She graduated from high school in 1957 and took a job as a clerk typist...
...quite a buzz in various circles. College students love the zany ways of the protagonist, Ally, as she attempts to maintain a professional demeanor at the law firm founded by her money-hungry HLS colleague, Fish, and where her long-time, recently married ex-boyfriend--who left her for Michigan Law (after awhile, we cease questioning this point)--also works. The script is hilarious, including countless witty repartees. Most importantly, the show employs the creative device of acting out Ally's inner thoughts to great comic effect...
...weekend we fell in love, there was heavy snow, [and] Andy's plane was late. The restaurant where I had hoped to go for lunch was closed; we found a little bistro of Michigan Avenue that was still serving around 4:00, with no one there. We ordered a bottle of champagne, and the rest was history," Slaughter recalls, smiling at her husband...
Routh said that Yale was seeking to attractmiddle-class students who might otherwise attendPrinceton, Harvard or cheaper state schools likethe University of Michigan or the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill...