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...cousin of mine called me,” Gelber says, “and said, ‘What’s going on over there at Newsweek? You’ve only been on the job for a week and you’re already running around the south of France with some...
...different than what was required of me in decades on Capitol Hill: There I was surrounded by talented writers and researchers who would prepare the first drafts of position papers or speeches, which I would extensively edit. By contrast, here at the Kennedy School, all the writing was mine from start to finished product. I admit that it took time to wean myself from the reflex of expecting a rough draft to appear magically on my desk ready for my energetic editing. At the Kennedy School, if the paper appeared on my desk, I was the one who had placed...
Perhaps that means that the admissions officers should try harder to look for students beyond the private schools and public magnet schools that regularly feed applicants to Harvard. While the problem is compounded by the dismal state of New York City public schools, Harvard has the resources to mine different schools for qualified applicants—and, in the process, to redeem my city’s image at Harvard...
...happen. Boy was I wrong. Sure, the columns produced a few interesting e-mail exchanges with faculty and administrators and even the occasional letter to the editor—but within a few days of publication I was usually the only person who remembered that any given article of mine had ever been written...
...pistol in his hand. [He] ran down the beach under fire and sent a call for reinforcements. Every man who could walk and fire a weapon charged up the hill later on in the day toward the enemy. I got hit in the left foot while crawling by a mine...