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Fiske was not an optimist about the chances of being happy at the most prestigious school in the country. "[I]t's not necessarily the best school for every bright high school graduate to attend," he wrote. His key piece of advice went something like this: Harvard can be a big and impersonal place. So the key is to find a niche, "a comfortable academic or extracurricular circle around which to build your life." Once you've got your spot and your group of friends, then you're all set, according to the Fiske Theory of Getting Through Harvard Alive...
...week after sweeping the last coast-to-coast crazy quilt of six state primaries. The Arkansas Governor eliminated Jerry Brown by winning 48% to 40% in his home state of California, and consequently clinched the Democratic nomination with 366 delegates to spare. Then why was this ordinarily almost cockeyed optimist forcing his victory smile as lamely as a first-time sushi eater? In crucial California, at least, the reason was a climactic revolt against politics as usual that rewarded not Clinton so much as outsider Ross Perot and, to a historic extent, a surging team of women candidates...
...think we'll be perched on the edge of catastrophe for a long time to come. This makes me an optimist...
...Iran-contra proceedings grind toward an end, it is less apparent. There was a moment of honor during the congressional debate at the time of the Gulf War. But as we survey the moral and political debris of the past three months, only a fool or a professional optimist could rejoice in such a consensus surrounding Thomas. What went wrong...
...most measures, McCarthy seems to have strengths to draw on. Family and colleagues describe him as a fun-loving young man who was close to his parents and elder brother. "He's a born optimist, a fighter, with a huge zest for life," says his father Patrick. That description is echoed by former cellmate Brian Keenan, an Irishman who was released last year. Says Keenan: "He is the daftest, craziest man I ever met." And a marvelous mimic too: "I never knew if I was playing dominoes against Sigmund Freud or Peter Sellers. Without him I don't think...