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...known “hardship,” in economic and (so far) cultural terms, but he’s a candidate whose admission would not only bring him into a system which lacks people like him (only 2.1 percent of the Class of 2007 hail from the Rocky Mountain states), benefiting him, but it would make Harvard mirror the real world...
Even apart from the images of the Rocky Mountain states which are likely to alienate East Coast dwellers—those of bumpkin right-wingers who are to the right of Barry Goldwater—it is undeniable that the vast majority of people here do not share a culture with the East Coast. My own freelanced education was something grossly different than a St. Albans one—characterized by reading books outside of the classroom and dabbling in local politics. Other Montanans who didn’t have the luxury of living in “the city?...
Attending a school obsessed with diversity, it’s odd that Harvard officially denies giving an advantage based on geography. Geographical location, in the case of under-represented sections of the country like the South and Rocky Mountain states, is a good indicator of cultural differences—as much so as ethnicity...
...futile attempts to impose "conventional wisdom" on a wise electorate and Dean's brilliant, transformative, grassroots campaign, and realize belatedly that it was all quite predictable. Free advice from the real world: Job status and pay is determined by performance evaluations, something TIME might consider implementing soon. Lance Nottle Mountain View, Calif...
...major restoration of Parma's theater and 11th century basilica. He poured cash into the local soccer team, making it one of Europe's best, and financed programs for the poor, aids patients and drug addicts. Last February, when the Catholic Church was looking for funds to renovate a mountain clinic for asthmatic children, Monsignor Franco Grisenti only needed to ask, and his old friend Tanzi, 65, immediately made an interest-free loan of €400,000. "He's got that impulse in him to just say yes," the prelate marvels. Not all of Tanzi's impulses may have been...