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Dates: during 2000-2009
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I had never met him, but I pitched the story about wannabe presidents with Caleb already in mind. Twice, in passing, I had heard him referred to as “that guy who wants to be president.” He was a former head of the Harvard Republican...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

I asked him to clarify what he had said before. He told me that he wasn’t going to say that he was planning to reach a certain political office in a certain number of years. He said he had no definite plans for post graduation, and he...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

I hung up the phone feeling better. I had given Caleb his chance, and we hadn't agreed to put any of the questions I cared about off-limits. When I told him he wouldn’t end up looking like a tool, I believed it. He seemed smart...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

What I didn’t know was that Caleb had interpreted what I said in a very different way. He thought I meant my interview with him wouldn’t be about future political ambitions at all—that this topic was off the table.

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the communist regime has placed a slew of nationalistic holidays around Christmas, though their timing is probably a coincidence. On December 24, many North Koreans observe the birthday of Kim Jong Suk - the deceased mother of dictator Kim Jong Il and a revolutionary hero - by making pilgrimages to her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Christmas Is (Not) Celebrated in North Korea | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

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