Word: offer
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...real reason I took the lowest offer had nothing to do with my husband’s salary,” she said. “It had everything to do with the spread...
...times I have been happiest at Harvard are not at historical junctures or award ceremonies, but when my friends and I appreciated what the school has to offer without worrying about what was required or expected: my best friends, David and Marianne, climbing trees in the small courtyard while discussing Heidegger and recognizing the pretentiousness; long coffees in the Barker Center with girlfriends discussing our floundering thesis projects and fierce “Project Runway”; or countless nights at Charlie’s Kitchen, Grendel’s Den, or Cambridge 1 with my roommates where emotions...
...here. The college degree for which she labored so hard in Korea was useless. So, my mother started all over as she held on to a simple conviction—that with determination, she would be able to provide her two sons the opportunities these new shores had to offer. At the age of 29, she enrolled as an undergraduate at the University of Washington and worked the evening shift at a retail jewelry store. She came home from school and work every day to take care of her family and to work on her own problem sets and papers...
...that’s what hope is for. The same hope that led my mother to cross an ocean to start all over. The same hope that millions of Americans continue to believe in as they imagine a brighter future. The same hope that Senator Obama has to offer all Americans. This is the hope that we as graduates must hold strong to. It is the ingredient that has brought us this far. And it is the fuel that moves us closer to the impossible...
...talked about] how Harvard was such an educational pinnacle that what it could offer to undergraduates was even dimensions above what had been so meaningful to her,” Faust said. “I’ve been aware of that commitment and am very excited about what she will bring to the world...