Word: mother
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Zachary, who concentrates in East Asian Studies and Economics and plays on the varsity baseball team, says his mother always wanted him to go to Harvard, where she attended law school in the early 1960s. Hope's other child, Miranda, was accepted early to Harvard this year and considers it her first choice, he adds...
...mother, Zachary says, Hope has always tried to impart egalitarianism and concern about social issues to her son. "In bringing me up, she always tried to root out any kind of complacency, and she never permitted arrogance or elitism," he says...
Zachary says his mother's career has been marked by a desire for public service, a desire rooted in her decision at the age of 12 to become a lawyer...
...grandfather was up against some opponents who were trying to take away his practice and his role as a religious figure," he says. "My mother always resented that aggression. She always wanted to be a lawyer so that she could set things straight and protect people...
...There was a certain amount of disappointment and a certain amount of resentment," Zachary says of his mother's reaction. "She had really wanted to give to the country...