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...They don’t understand themselves as actors on this campus and certainly not as community members," says Martin, whose mother and father are union and community organizers, respectively, in Boston. Harvard drives up property prices, drives down wages, and gets out of paying certain taxes, Martin says. "Harvard is not a progressive institution in its actions...
While on trial, convicted 9/11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui mercilessly baited 9/11 families, insulted court officials, and praised Osama bin Laden as his "father." But behind the absurd antics, one person continued to support him: his mother. She struggled to prevent the conviction and possible execution of a son whose hateful beliefs had turned him into a virtual stranger...
...carried such thoughts with me as I left the church and made my speech. Later that night, back home in Chicago, I sat at the dinner table, watching Malia and Sasha as they laughed and bickered and resisted their string beans before their mother chased them up the stairs and to their baths. Alone in the kitchen washing the dishes, I imagined my two girls growing up, and I felt the ache that every parent must feel at one time or another, that desire to snatch up each moment of your child's presence and never let go - to preserve...
...friends originally intended to contribute to the high costs of transporting Wang’s mother, who is retired, and father, who works as an engineer, from Guangzhou, China for their son’s funeral and memorial service. Since Harvard College has paid for the family’s travel expenses, the group of friends now plans to present the money they are raising as a symbol of support for Wang’s family...
...Capuano expressed optimism about the political future of stem cell research, citing the “surprising willingness” of many conservative policymakers to modify their viewpoints on the issue. “No politician,” he said, “wants to look at the mother of a child with cancer in the eye and tell her that ‘my personal God says that your child should die.’” M. Christian Green, a visiting lecturer on ethics at Harvard Divinity School, urged scientists to remember that...