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...There are more women learning about politics and networking and so [Fukuda] is not alone," Miura says. "We have to start from somewhere." During the election campaign, Fukuda says she was asked by several voters, "What can a young woman like you do?" Her response: "I understand the young part of what they were saying, but the woman part? That is irrelevant...
...namesake city in many ways. We have purchased two bricks on the world-class Detroit River-Walk promenade, the only school that has done so. A few years ago, I moved back to downtown Detroit after retiring from the Los Angeles Police Department. I wanted to be part of the solution to Detroit's problems. There is no doubt that the Jesuits inculcated in me a responsibility to serve as a "man for others." Thomas E. Page, DETROIT...
...very honored to be part of the tradition of the University of Detroit Jesuit High School. U of D has had a strong influence on my life beyond high school. In 2005, as a college graduate and part of the Alumni Volunteer Corps, I returned to the school to donate a year, doing student teaching, coaching and offering help where needed. Even though I have moved on to Chicago for stronger work opportunities, I maintain contact with numerous U of D alums, and I cherish what the school has done for me as a man and as a contributing member...
...Berlin Wall when all the national leaders in the E.U. zone and the Russian President were there to commemorate the historical day not only of the fall of Berlin Wall but also of the collapse of communism. He didn't even want to be there to be part of it. It was a bad decision on his part not to be there to signify the role of the U.S. in Europe both in the past and the present, and to strengthen democracy in Eastern Europe. It's just a matter of priorities, and in this case it's clear that...
...Africa's liberation movements. Though they claim to represent the masses, Africa's revolutions were mostly led by Western-educated black élites. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's pan-Africanist, earned a B.A., and M.A., in the U.S. Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe is a former teacher who was raised, in part, by the Jesuits and earned four university degrees by correspondence in prison. Mbeki too spent years in exile studying Marxism in Britain and the Soviet Union. Even Mandela was a chief's son and one of the country's first black lawyers before he became a revolutionary. For these...