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Some of Clinton's high school contemporaries recall him as disgustingly responsible, always trying to impress his elders. The draft letter he wrote from Oxford after his enlistment problems were over looks like a bid for the ROTC man's respect. Sometimes Bill could be more adult than adults: when his mother, a free spirit who still loves the racetrack, a kind of Arkie Auntie Mame, took him to nightclubs to listen to jazz, he was offended by the smoke and the drinking...
Hawking's choice of career was most fortunate, for himself as well as for science. Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose instead to concentrate on math and theoretical physics, first at Oxford and then at Cambridge. But at age 21 he developed the first symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- also known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- a disorder that would inevitably render him paralyzed and incapable of performing most kinds of work. As the authors note, theoretical physics was "one of the very few jobs for which his mind was the only real...
Reich has been a friend of the Democratic nominee since both were Rhodes scholars at Oxford University...
...Most departments make their initial choiceswithout regard to some presumed mobility," Knowlessays. "I myself would not be here if someone hadfirst asked me if I was interested in coming. Iwas very happy at Oxford...
After years of relying on its overwhelminginternational reputation, Oxford University beganjust recently to modify its salary scales forprofessors. Years ago, the scale was published inNewspapers. and professors salaries could bededuced just by knowing their ages. Today, thescales are no longer published, and administratorshave more leeway in salary offers to keep orattract stars...