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...Chinese, and American Sign Language “to a lesser degree.” What’s next? Hopefully Swahili. Not surprisingly, his dream job is to work for the UN. His cell phone is programmed in French and Iranian posters cover his walls. Kofi Annan, take note. Blockmate Ekua K. Nkyekyer ’07 relates a story of Terrelonge’s mad language skills. While riding on a bus together, she recalls, he held a conversation with two Persian native speakers who told him his abilities were ‘amazing...
...Kopko plans to attend HBS next year and to continue to run DormAid. But no matter what, Kopko says his long-term goal is to keep doing what he enjoys most: building “wonderful businesses with people I love.” Donald Trump, take note...
...rather than ending on a sobering note of subjection to historical conditions, the epilogue closes the novel with a final incarnation of the color blue. Isabelle is at a crossroads, questioning whether to go forward, back, or remain where she is. A“blue light surrounds her, giving her solace for the briefest moment.” Blue ultimately represents the ability of Chevalier’s luminous prose to capture the beauty of the fleeting moments in her heroines’ lives...
...show business, the first taking place when they sold their struggling indie-movie company to Disney in 1993 for $70 million. After bristling for years under the control-freak management of former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, they ended the bitter final chapter of their Miramax reign on an up note. "After we signed our final contracts, we took all the Disney lawyers to a three-hour, raucous, rollicking dinner," recalls Harvey...
...PAPER, SHRED IT Stickley regularly dives into his clients' Dumpsters; he says even a Post-it note with a customer's name and phone number gives him enough to begin a scam. Employee names, positions and work schedules are invaluable to con artists...