Word: orphans
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...this cultural orphan has found her home on the Harvard campus. There are moments of feeling out of place, but it is crucial to realize that being out of place does not mean being unwelcome. When Kuumba sings, the individual is lost as one voice resounds. I am not black, but I am a part of that voice. And truthfully, it just feels so…right...
...candy-seeking children traipsed across the city yesterday evening to celebrate Halloween, a group of 30 members of Harvard China Care (HCC) went trick-or-treating for a different reason: to save Chinese orphan Fu Jinjin’s life. Fu is a two-month-old living in Henan, China who suffers from myelomeningocele, a disease in which spinal fluids leak from the spinal cord. She needs an operation which would close the leak and drain any excess fluid in her cerebellum. An American surgeon pledged his professional help to the case if HCC could raise $6,000 this Halloween...
...will go for jihad with them." Others weren't given a choice. A teenager known only as Bobby was pulled from the ruins by Lashkar-e-Taiba volunteers. When they discovered that his family had died, he was taken to the group's headquarters in Lahore. "He's an orphan now," explains a militant. "So he's ours...
...held up by Oliver’s character, and Clark’s exaggeratedly sad eyes just don’t seem believable. Maybe he’s not mature enough as an actor (or as a kid) to express the pain felt by a young, unwanted orphan...
...Aero Engines is a recent example. The Munich-based company, which builds and services civil and military aircraft engines, used to be a part of Daimler. But after that company merged most of its aircraft operations with a French rival in 2000, MTU was left behind, an orphan inside the huge automaker. To make matters worse, the market for air engines nose-dived after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Daimler soon looked for a buyer. KKR stepped in and took MTU private in November 2003. Since then it has replaced several top managers, including the chief executive...